一个沉积核心从南极洲的 Fildes 半岛被收集,它包含了众多的封口头发并且被识别是封口排泄物免职。由分析它的全部的器官的碳(TOC ) 和简历元素的集中,过去的世纪的封口人口变化被重建。在 Fildes 半岛上的最后世纪的封口人口的变化被人的活动首先控制。封上的工业在早,第 20 世纪引起了封口人口的戏剧的衰落。自从有为猎物资源的鲸鱼的 1960 年代和减少的封口比赛由于 whaling 导致封口人口的恢复并且使封口人口的高水平持续,南极的保护封上。
A sediment core was collected from the Fildes Peninsula of Antarctica, which contained numerous seal hairs and was identified to be seal excrement deposition. By analyzing its total organic carbon (TOC) and concentrations of bio-elements, the seal population changes of the past century were reconstructed. The variation of seal population in the last century on the Fildes Peninsula is primarily controlled by human activities. The sealing industry in the early 20th century caused the dramatic decline of seal population. The protection of the Antarctic seals since the 1960s and the reduced seal's competition with whales for prey resources due to whaling lead to the recovery of seal population and make the high level of the seal population sustainable.