Behavior of Cape fur seals ( Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in relation to temporal variation in predation risk by white sharks ( Carcharodon carcharias) around a seal rookery in False Bay, South Africa

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: De Vos, Alta, Justin O'Riain, M., Meyer, Michael A., Kotze, P. Gideon H., Kock, Alison A.
• Other Authors: National Research Foundation of South Africa, University Research Council, University of Cape Town
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2015
• Subjects: Egg Island; Seal Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12208; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmms.12208; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/mms.12208

Abstract The marked differences in predation risk posed by white sharks ( Carcarodon carcarias) at island rookeries of Cape fur seals ( Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus ) offer a quasi‐experimental design within a natural system for exploring how prey adjust their behavior in response to temporal var...