@ARTICLE{Carlini_Alejandro_R._Southern_2003, author={Carlini, Alejandro R. and Poljak, Sebastián and Casaux, Ricardo and Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo and Gasco, Miguel}, volume={vol. 24}, number={No 2}, journal={Polish Polar Research}, pages={143-147}, howpublished={online}, year={2003}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Committee on Polar Research}, abstract={A population survey of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Linnaeus, 1758) was conducted at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, during the 2001 breeding season. Two breeding sites were identified, one of which had not been previously reported. The largest breeding site was located at Duthoit Point, with a total of 128 females, 111 pups and 7 weanlings distributed in 6 harems along 3 km of coast. The new breeding group was observed at Harmony Point, where 3 females with their pups were found. This is the first report on southern elephant seal numbers during the breeding period for the Nelson Island coast.}, type={Article}, title={Southern elephant seals breeding at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110672/PDF-MASTER/ppr24-143.pdf}, keywords={Antarctic, South Shetland Islands, southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, pinnipeds}, }