Avistamientos de focas de Ross, Ommatophoca rossi en el sector Antártico chileno

AGUAYO-LOBO A & D TORRES

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AGUAYO-LOBO A & D TORRES (1994) Avistamientos de focas de Ross, Ommatophoca rossi en el sector Antártico chileno. Serie Científica INACH (Chile) 44: 87-90.

Abstract

Few sightings of the Ross seal species, no more than 500 until1980, compared with the numerous records of the other pagophilic seals, have occured. In the Chilean Antarctic Territory only 10 of these records have taken place. Therefore, it is important to report three sightings made by national scientists between 1965 -1994. These records set in evidence the limited entrance to the dense pack-ice, habitat of this species, by the national observers. It is concluded that the International Programme APIS is a real alternative for us to know the distribution and abundance of this and other species of pagophilic seal.