Prof. Dr. Marthán Bester 

Earth
University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
May 2025 - May 2025
Return Grant
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Fellow
Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
Fellow

Marthán Bester

Projects & Publications

Cooperation partner
Dr. Horst Bornemann, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven
Dr. Daniel Steinhage, Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Bremerhaven
Publications
McIntyre, T., Donaldson, A., and Bester, M. N. (2016). Spatial and temporal patterns of changes in condition of southern elephant seals.. Antarctic Science, 28 (2), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000553
Oosthuizen, W. C., De Bruyn, P. J. N., Wege, M., and Bester, M. N. (2015). Geographic variation in Subantarctic fur seal pup growth: Linkages with environmental variability and population density. Journal of Mammalogy, 97 (2), 347–360. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv181
Wege, M., Etienne, M.-P., Oosthuizen, W. C., Reisinger, R. R., Bester, M. N., and De Bruyn, P. J. N. (2016). Trend changes in sympatric Subantarctic and Antarctic fur seal pup populations at Marion Island, Southern Ocean. Marine Mammal Science, 32 (3), 960-982. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12306
Gurarie, E., Bengtson, J., Bester, M. N., Blix, A., Cameron, M., Bornemann, H., Nordøy, E., Plötz, J., Steinhage, D., and Boveng, P. (2017). Distribution, density and abundance of Antarctic ice seals off Queen Maud Land and the eastern Weddell Sea. Polar Biology, 40, 1149–1165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-2029-4
Bester, M. N., Bornemann, H., and McIntyre, T. (2017). Antarctic Marine Mammals and Sea Ice. Thomas, D. N. (eds.), Sea Ice, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, 3rd Edition, 534-555.