Prof. Dr. Marthán Bester
Earth
University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Oct 2015
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Nov 2015
Fellow
Jul 2015
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Aug 2015
Fellow
Projects & Publications
Investigation of Seals at the Filchner Outflow Systems, Antarctica
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Nov 2015
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
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.
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
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
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
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