Energetics of Lactation and Foraging in Antarctic and Subantarctic Fur Seals at Macquarie Island

Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 100 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of one of the referenced papers: Between November 1988 and March 1989, scats were collected from three species of fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri, A. gazella and A. tropicalis) a...

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Other Authors: COOPER, PAUL (hasPrincipalInvestigator), COOPER, PAUL (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Subjects:
biota
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
MAMMALS
ARCTOCEPHALUS
ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI
ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA
ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALA
FUR SEALS
MACQUARIE ISLAND
SOUTHERN OCEAN
SUBANTARCTIC
OCEAN &gt
SOUTHERN OCEAN &gt
GEOGRAPHIC REGION &gt
POLAR
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Heard Island
Hurd
Antarc*
Arctocephalus gazella
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://researchdata.ands.org.au/energetics-lactation-foraging-macquarie-island/699346
https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASAC_100
http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536
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Summary:Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 100 See the link below for public details on this project. From the abstract of one of the referenced papers: Between November 1988 and March 1989, scats were collected from three species of fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri, A. gazella and A. tropicalis) at the northern end of Macquarie Island and from A. forsteri between January and March 1989 at the southern end. All fed mainly on fish. For A. gazella/A. tropicalis an average of 99.2% of scats in monthly collections contained fish remains, while for A. forsteri the figure for North Head was 100% and for Hurd Point was 94.9%. Arctocephalus forsteri at Hurd Point took less fish and more penguins than at North Head and there were significant differences in the composiiton of the fish diet in two of three months. At North Head, the fish diet of A. gazella/A. tropicalis differed significantly from that of A. forsteri in three of the five months studied. Food resources for fur seals around Macquarie Island are considered to be less available than they are around Heard Island.

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