Responding to Human Influence: Southern Sea Lion Males Adapt to Harbor Habitats

RODRIGUEZ, D; GIARDINO, G; MANDIOLA, MA; GANA, J; DE LEÓN, C; BASTIDA, J; MORÓN, S; DENUNCIO, P; BASTIDA, R

Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid (Serie Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals)

Springer

Lugar: Gewerbestr; Año: 2021; p. 1 - 25

Male-only hauling grounds occur in close association to breeding coloniesin several otariids. The occasional use of human-built infrastructure by thesegroups is also common. We observed permanent male aggregations ofsouthern sea lions, Otaria flavescens.in urban contexts, such as two of themain fishing harbors in Argentina and investigated how they changed over35 years. These haul-outs are located approximately