Hitchhiking goose barnacles and their potential implications on the functioning of animal-borne instruments
| dc.contributor.author | McIntyre, Trevor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Postma, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Merwe, Derek S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Wege, Mia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt | |
| dc.contributor.email | tmcintyre@zoology.up.ac.za | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-01T07:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-01T07:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Goose barnacles (Lepas australis) were found attached to satellite-tracking and time-depth recording (TDR) instruments carried by two lactating Subantarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus tropicalis) from Marion Island. We report on the movements of these seals, both of which crossed the Subantarctic Front. Barnacles surrounding the temperature probe of one TDR device did not appear to directly influence temperature recordings, although disturbances to recording accuracies by other highprecision devices carrying goose barnacles are considered likely. | en |
| dc.description.librarian | ab2012 | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Department of Science and Technology (administered through the National Research Foundation) for funding the marine mammal monitoring programme at Marion Island. | en |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.sawma.co.za/ | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | McIntyre, T, Postma, M, Van der Merwe, DS, Wege, M & Bester, MN 2011, 'Hitchhiking goose barnacles and their potential implications on the functioning of animal-borne instruments', South African Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 218-223. | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0379-4369 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18011 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Southern African Wildlife Management Association | en |
| dc.rights | Southern African Wildlife Management Association | en |
| dc.subject | Goose barnacle | en |
| dc.subject | Animal-borne instruments | en |
| dc.subject | Lepas australis | en |
| dc.subject | Subantarctic fur seal | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Barnacles | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Artificial satellites -- Tracking | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Southern fur seals | en |
| dc.title | Hitchhiking goose barnacles and their potential implications on the functioning of animal-borne instruments | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |