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

• Main Authors: Lea, Marie-Anne, Cherel, Yves, Guinet, Christophe, Nichols, Peter D.
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Antartic Wildlife Research Unit, School of Zoology, University of Tasmania, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Marine Research, Antarctic Commonwealth Research Centre, University of Tasmania Hobart, Australia (UTAS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2002
• Subjects: Myctophid; Fatty acid; Kerguelen; Lipids; Fish; Squid; Arctocephalus gazella; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Îles Kerguelen; Cap Noir; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Icefish
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00192084

International audience We studied the dietary preferences of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella from Cap Noir, Îles Kerguelen, foraging in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone (PFZ) in February of 1998, 1999 and 2000. Scats were collected and analyzed for remaining prey hard parts in each of the...