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Review of the current distribution of southern elephant seals in the eastern South Pacific

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dc.contributor.author Acevedo, J.
dc.contributor.author Aguayo-Lobo, A.
dc.contributor.author Brito, J. L.
dc.contributor.author Torres, D.
dc.contributor.author Caceres, B.
dc.contributor.author Vila, A.
dc.contributor.author Cardena, M.
dc.contributor.author Acuña, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-22T14:56:08Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-22T14:56:08Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5828
dc.description.abstract The eastern South Pacific southern elephant seal population was extinguished by extensive hunting and the current presence of this species in this area is not well understood. We reviewed existing records from the 1900s to 2014 in the eastern South Pacific, as well as tagged seals and movement records in order to assess the potential immigration source of these individuals. A total of 409 confirmed sightings were compiled, ranging from the southern tip of South America (Cape Horn Archipelago) as far north as Ecuador, including some oceanic island groups. The evidence shows also that recolonisation of its former Pacific distribution has started, with slow population growth in three incipient pupping sites in southern Chile (south of 51 degrees S). Although the source of all of the individuals in the growing colonies is unknown, evidence from tags and satellite tagging indicates that some seals come from subpopulations on the Peninsula Valdes and the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, although mtDNA analysis showed, preliminarily, a greater genetic relationship only with the Falkland/Malvinas Islands rookery. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject South America en_US
dc.subject Mirounga leonina en_US
dc.subject pupping site en_US
dc.subject range extension en_US
dc.subject southern elephant seal en_US
dc.title Review of the current distribution of southern elephant seals in the eastern South Pacific en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2015.1132746
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.08
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.11
dc.relation.issn 1175-8805


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