scholarly journals Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini on Gough Island, South Atlantic

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 215-216
Author(s):  
Paul Visser ◽  
Henk Louw ◽  
Richard J. Cuthbert ◽  
Peter G Ryan
Keyword(s):  
South Atlantic ◽  
Gough Island

scholarly journals A juvenile Tristan albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) on land at the Crozet Islands

Polar Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander L. Bond ◽  
Christopher Taylor ◽  
David Kinchin-Smith ◽  
Derren Fox ◽  
Emma Witcutt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Cytochrome B ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Small Population ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha ◽  
Gough Island ◽  
Dispersal Events

AbstractAlbatrosses and other seabirds are generally highly philopatric, returning to natal colonies when they achieve breeding age. This is not universal, however, and cases of extraordinary vagrancy are rare. The Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena) breeds on Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, with a small population on Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha, ca 380 km away. In 2015, we observed an adult male albatross in Gonydale, Gough Island, which had been ringed on Ile de la Possession, Crozet Islands in 2009 when it was assumed to be an immature Wandering Albatross (D. exulans). We sequenced 1109 bp of the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene from this bird, and confirmed it to be a Tristan Albatross, meaning its presence on Crozet 6 years previous, and nearly 5000 km away, was a case of prospecting behaviour in a heterospecific colony. Given the challenges in identifying immature Diomedea albatrosses, such dispersal events may be more common than thought previously.

scholarly journals Fur Seals Return to Gough Island

Oryx ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.R.P. Bourne
Keyword(s):  
South Atlantic ◽  
The South ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha ◽  
Fur Seals ◽  
Gough Island

After a somewhat perilous landing on Gough Island, south of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, the author was able to confirm the remarkable comeback of the fur seals there, once heavily exploited but now numbering over a hundred thousand.

Breeding success of Northern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Wilson ◽  
M.-H. Burle ◽  
R. Cuthbert ◽  
R. L. Stirnemann ◽  
P. G. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Breeding Success ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Gough Island

The origin of finches on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, central South Atlantic ocean

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Ryan ◽  
Luke B. Klicka ◽  
Keith F. Barker ◽  
Kevin J. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
South Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Tristan Da Cunha ◽  
Gough Island ◽  
Central South

scholarly journals Pollen analysis of a Quaternary peat sequence on Gough Island, South Atlantic

1989 ◽  
Vol 113 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. D. BENNETT ◽  
K.-H. GRIBNITZ ◽  
L. E. KENT
Keyword(s):  
Pollen Analysis ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Gough Island
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