The diet of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Harmony Point, South Shetland Islands: evidence of opportunistic foraging on penguins?

Polar Biology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Casaux ◽  
L. Bellizia ◽  
A. Baroni
Keyword(s):  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Arctocephalus Gazella ◽  
Antarctic Fur Seal ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Fur Seal ◽  
The Antarctic

The present status of the Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella at South Shetland Islands

Polar Record ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 19 (119) ◽  
pp. 167-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anelio Aguayo L.
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
Previous History ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Arctocephalus Gazella ◽  
Antarctic Fur Seal ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
Fur Seals ◽  
Fur Seal ◽  
The Antarctic

The purpose of this paper is to report on the present status of the small but growing population of the Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella in the South Shetland Islands (Fig 1). The previous history of the sealing of this species is well documented by O'Gorman (1961, 1963), Bonner and Laws (1964) and Bonner (1964,1968). The current status of this and other species of fur seals, and the species of sea lions and true seals in the Southern Hemisphere, has been summarized by Laws (1973a). Bonner (1968) has made natural history and population studies on Antarctic Fur Seals in South Georgia, and present research here is being carried out by Dr M. R. Payne and two other colleagues of the British Antarctic Survey (Laws, 1973b).

scholarly journals Prey of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Marion Island

Polar Biology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Makhado ◽  
M. N. Bester ◽  
S. P. Kirkman ◽  
P. A. Pistorius ◽  
J. W. H. Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arctocephalus Gazella ◽  
Marion Island ◽  
Antarctic Fur Seal ◽  
Fur Seal ◽  
The Antarctic

Fur seal skull from sealers' quarters at Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean

Polar Record ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 27 (162) ◽  
pp. 245-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Townrow ◽  
P. D. Shaughnessy
Keyword(s):  
Southern Ocean ◽  
Arctocephalus Gazella ◽  
Archaeological Excavation ◽  
Antarctic Fur Seal ◽  
Macquarie Island ◽  
Fur Seals ◽  
Fur Seal ◽  
Antarctic Research ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
Specific Identity

AbstractFur seals were exterminated from Macquarie Island about 20 years after discovery of the island in 1810. Their specific identity is unknown. Few fur seals were reported at the island until it was occupied by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1948. Fur seal numbers are now increasing. An archaeological excavation at a sealers' quarters at Sandy Bay in 1988 revealed the fragmented skull of a young Antarctic fur sealArctocephalus gazella1.1 m below the surface in a layer dated in the 1870s and 1880s. This period coincides with the recovery of fur seal populations in the South Atlantic Ocean following earlier harvesting. Elsewhere it has been argued that the Antarctic fur seal is unlikely to have been the original fur seal at Macquarie Island because few individuals of that species are ashore in winter, which is the season when the island was discovered and fur-seal harvesting began. It is concluded that the Sandy Bay skull is from a vagrant animal.

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