Observations on a stabilizing population of weddell seals
I Stirling and DJ Greenwood
Australian Journal of Zoology
20(1) 23 - 25
Published: 1972
Abstract
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.https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9720023
© CSIRO 1972