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- Title
Population trends of Subantarctic fur seals at Gough Island.
- Authors
Bester, M. N.; Wilson, J. W.; Burle, M-H.; Hofmeyr, G. J. G.
- Abstract
Counts on a few of the more recently colonized southeast coast breeding sites at Gough Island during the 2005/06 breeding season indicate a continued overall increase in pup production of Subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis.The mean annual rate of increase of 8.4% for the population inhabiting these beaches for the 17-year period 1988/ 89-2005/06 was less than half of that recorded over the previous 13 years from 1975/76 and suggests that numbers at these sites are approaching the asymptote of the long-term population growth curve.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; SOUTHERN fur seals; ANIMAL population density; ASYMPTOTES; GOUGH Island (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Publication
South African Journal of Wildlife Research, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 2, p191
- ISSN
0379-4369
- Publication type
Article