Antarctic fur seals foraging in the Polar Frontal Zone: Inter-annual shifts in diet as shown from fecal and fatty acid analyses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 245, Issue , 2002, Pages 281-297

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a,b   Cherel, Yves ^b   Guinet, Christophe ^b   Nichols, Peter D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b France   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazella; Fatty acid; Fish; Kerguelen; Lipids; Myctophid; Squid

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIETARY SHIFT; FATTY ACID; FECAL PELLET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; PREY SELECTION;

CAP NOIR; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CEPHALOPODA; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; ELECTRONA SUBASPERA; GAZELLA; GYMNOSCOPELUS; GYMNOSCOPELUS NICHOLSI; GYMNOSCOPELUS PIABILIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; PROTOMYCTOPHUM; PROTOMYCTOPHUM TENISONI; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037132723     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps245281     Document Type: Article

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