First confirmed record of a leucistic Antarctic fur seal pup born outside the Scotia Arc Islands
| dc.contributor.author | Wege, Mia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Postma, Martin | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tosh, Cheryl A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | De Bruyn, P.J. Nico | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt | |
| dc.contributor.email | mwege@zoology.up.ac.za | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-26T10:32:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-03-26T10:32:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A leucistic Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pup was born on subantarctic Marion Island during the austral summer of 2010/2011. This is the first confirmed record of a leucistic fur seal pup born outside the Scotia Arc islands. Additionally, we report on a leucistic adult female Antarctic fur seal producing typical black pups for five non-consecutive summers on Marion Island. The birth of a leucistic pup, together with the multiple black pups produced by the leucistic female, suggests that the recessive genes responsible for leucism are now entrenched within the Marion Island population. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.embargo | 2016-04-30 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | hb2015 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Department of Science and Technology, through the National Research Foundation (South Africa). | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://link.springer.com/journal/300 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wege, M, Postma, M, Tosh, CA, De Bruyn, PJN & Bester, MN 2015, 'First confirmed record of a leucistic Antarctic fur seal pup born outside the Scotia Arc Islands', Polar Biology, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 569-571. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0722-4060 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1432-2056 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1007/s00300-014-1573-z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/44185 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.comjournal/300. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Leucism | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Arctocephalus gazella | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Marion Island | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | First confirmed record of a leucistic Antarctic fur seal pup born outside the Scotia Arc Islands | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |