The foraging ecology, diet, and mass estimation of an apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Describing the foraging dynamics of apex predators is crucial to understanding ecosystem function and to effective conservation and management. Leopard seals are conspicuous apex predators in Antarctic coastal ecosystems; however, their foraging ecology is poorly understood. Likely due to a geograph...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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eScholarship, University of California
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7mp1s7bw http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5cz7vxj |