Autumn diet of recolonising female New Zealand sea lions based at Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Auge A A ^a   Lalas, C ^a   Davis, L S ^a   Chilvers, B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

competition; feeding; foraging; Hooker's sea lion; New Zealand sea lion; Otago Peninsula; Phocarctos hookeri; pinniped; prey species; recolonisation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BREEDING SITE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIET; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PERCIFORM; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RECOLONIZATION; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; OTAGO PENINSULA; SOUTH ISLAND;

OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA; THYRSITES ATUN; TRACHURUS;

EID: 84859138445     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2011.606326     Document Type: Article

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