Observations on a stabilizing population of weddell seals
The Weddell seal population of eastern McMurdo Sound, after a period of increase and subsequent decline, is now stabilizing in terms of total numbers and pup production. Increased intrasexual strife resulting mainly from competition for access to the best pupping and breeding colonies appears to be the major factor causing stabilization.
2007 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 6-8
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