Title

Author; Hall-Martin, A.J.

dc.contributor.advisor	SAJAR	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Author	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Hall-Martin, A.J.
dc.coverage.spatial	Antarctica	en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial	Antarctica
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-23T07:54:35Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-23T07:54:35Z
dc.date.created	1971	en_ZA
dc.date.created	1974
dc.date.issued	1971	en_ZA
dc.date.issued	1974
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7341
dc.description.abstract	abstract	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	A census of seals using methods employed during the International Weddell Sea Oceanographic Expedition was carried out in the King Haakon VII Sea, Antarctica, in early 1974. A total of 185 km2 (54 square nautical miles) was censused. Population densities of crabeater Lobodon carcinophagus and leopard seals Hydrurga leptonyx derived from the data collected compared well with the results of other workers, but the density of Ross seals Ommatophoca rossi was considerably greater than reported in the literature. The percentage of crabeater seals in the sample was similar to other surveys, while the percentage of Ross seals was much greater. Crabeater seals were found to be semi-gregarious while Ross and leopard seals were solitary. Crabeater and Ross seals preferred smooth floes to hummocked floes and small floes to large ones.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Antarctic Legacy of South Africa	en_ZA
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Antarctic Legacy Project
dc.language	en_ZA	en_ZA
dc.language	en_ZA
dc.publisher	South African Journal of Antarctic Research	en_ZA
dc.publisher	South African Journal of Antarctic Research Vol 4
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol 4	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright
dc.subject	Antarctica	en_ZA
dc.subject	Antarctica
dc.subject	Seals
dc.subject	Population Densities
dc.subject	Floes
dc.title	Title	en_ZA
dc.title	Observations on Population Density and Species Composition of Seals in the King Haakon VII Sea, Antarctica
dc.type	Articles	en_ZA
dc.type	Articles
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