Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) use suction and filter feeding when hunting small prey underwater

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-222

  Hocking, David P ^a,b   Evans, Alistair R ^a   Fitzgerald, Erich M G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dentition; Foraging behaviour; Pinnipedia; Suction feeding

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DENTITION; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD WEB; INGESTION RATE; PINNIPED; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; SEABIRD; SEAWATER;

AMNIOTA; EUPHAUSIACEA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; PINNIPEDIA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84872601673     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1253-9     Document Type: Article

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