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Repeated exposure to human activity can change the behavioural response of wildlife, having … implications for management.Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) breeding close to Antarctic research … stations are easily accessible and regularly visited by people.
A key factor influencing wildlife responses to … human activity is the degree to which animals have been … previously exposed to human stimuli. On subantarctic … Macquarie Island, gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua … breed in areas of high and low human activity (on and … off-station, respectively).
Although guidelines exist for approaches to Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in … Antarctica, there has been no scientific assessment of the effectiveness of these guidelines in … minimising disturbance to the seals.
Anthropogenic noise generated through travel in the Antarctic has the potential to affect the region’s … wildlife. Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in particular can be exposed to anthropogenic noise because they … live under, and breed on, the fast ice on which humans travel.
Minimum approach distance guidelines are common tools to maintain a buffer between breeding seabirds and human activity, with the goal of mitigating potentially harmful impacts from these interactions.
The number of people travelling to Antarctica and interacting with wildlife is continually increasing. Research has indicated that visitation can have a negative effect on some Antarctic wildlife, causing changes to their behaviour and physiology. Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii)…