Bester, M. N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2265-764X
van Ouwerkerk, M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Pretoria
Article History
Received: 29 May 2023
Revised: 28 July 2023
Accepted: 8 August 2023
First Online: 24 August 2023
Declarations
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: MNB declares no conflict of interest. The whereabouts of MVO currently is unknown but she had no conflict of interest at the time of the original study (1980).
: Field procedures in 1977/1978 were approved by the Director-General, SADT, under advice from the South African Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research, pursuant to the provisions of the South African Sea Bird and Seals Protection Act, 1973 (Act 46 of 1973), and the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals of 1972. No formal animal ethics committee existed at the University of Pretoria in 1977.