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Species Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)

Antarctic Fur-seal

Generic Combinations

  • Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

Crozet Islands, Kerguélen Island, Marion & Prince Edward Island, South Georgia


Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Pelagic, territorial.

Extra Ecological Information

Males territorial during breeding season.

 

General References

Goldsworthy, S.D. 1995. Differential expenditure of maternal resources in Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, at Heard Island, southern Indian Ocean. Behavioral Ecology 6: 218-228

Goldsworthy, S.D. 1999. Maternal attendance behaviour in sympatrically breeding fur seals, Arctocephalus spp., at Macquarie Island. Polar Biology 21: 316-325

Goldsworthy, S.D., Hindell, M.A., & Crowley, H.M. 1997. Diet and diving behavior of sympatric fur seals, Actocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis, at Macquarie Island. pp. 151-163 in Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds). Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Goldsworthy, S.D., Hindell, M.A., & Crowley, H.M. 1997. Diet and diving behavior of sympatric fur seals, Actocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis, at Macquarie Island. pp. 151-163 in Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds). Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Goldsworthy, S.D. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1989. Subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at Heard Island. Polar Biology 9: 337-339

Goldsworthy, S.D. & Shaughnessy, P.D. 1995. Antarctic Fur-seal Arctocephalus gazella. pp. 678-68 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Green, K., Burton, H.R. & Williams, R. 1989. The diet of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (Peters) during the breeding season at Heard Island. Antarctic Science 1: 317-324

Hindell, M.A. & Cooper, C. (eds) 1997. Marine Mammal Research in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Surrey Beatty & Sons.

Lento, G.M., Haddon, M., Chambers, G.K. & Baker, C.S. 1997. Genetic variation in Southern Hemisphere fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.): Investigation of population structure and species identity. Heredity 88: 202-208

Lunn, N.J., Boyd, I.L. & Croxall, J.P. 1994. Reproductive performance of female antarctic fur seals: the influence of age, breeding experience, environmental variation and individual quality. Journal of Animal Ecology 63: 827-840

Page, B., Welling, A., Chambellant, M., Goldsworthy, S.D., Dorr, T. & van Veen, R. 2003. Population status and breeding season chronology of Heard Island fur seals. Polar Biology 26: 219-224

Robinson, S., Goldsworthy, S.D., van den Hoff, J. & Hindell, M.A. 2002. The foraging ecology of two sympatric fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella and A. tropicalis at Macquarie Island during the austral summer. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 1071-1082

Shaughnessy, P.D.., Shaughnessy, G.L. & Fletcher, L. 1988. Recovery of the fur seal population of Macquarie Island. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 122: 177-187

Shaughnessy, P.D. & Goldsworthy, S.D. 1990. Population size and breeding season of the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella at Heard Island - 1987–88. Marine Mammal Science 6: 292-304

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Dec-2010 16-Oct-2013 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)