Comparing stable isotope values from vibrissae of newborn Antarctic fur seal pups (Arctocephalus gazella) to those of their mothers to better understand adult female foraging ecology and migration patterns

• Main Author: Dannecker, David James
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Ecology; Biology; Antarctic; foraging ecology; pinniped; stable isotope; Cape Shirreff; Livingston Island; Shirreff; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5vn5x64v; http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5qv87t6

Overexploitation of Southern Ocean fish stocks has caused significant trophic restructuring in Antarctic marine ecosystems, forcing Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) to forage on alternative prey. As a species that has faced near extinction in the recent past, it is important to have accur...