TY - JOUR N2 - 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. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110672/PDF-MASTER/ppr24-143.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/110672 PY - 2003 IS - No 2 EP - 147 KW - Antarctic KW - South Shetland Islands KW - southern elephant seal KW - Mirounga leonina KW - pinnipeds A1 - Carlini, Alejandro R. A1 - Poljak, Sebastián A1 - Casaux, Ricardo A1 - Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo A1 - Gasco, Miguel PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 24 DA - 2003 T1 - Southern elephant seals breeding at Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands SP - 143 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110672 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -