The foraging ecology, diet, and mass estimation of an apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Krause, Douglas
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Biological oceanography; Ecology; Biology; animal behavior; apex predator; foraging ecology; leopard seal; stable isotope; unmanned aerial systems; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Cape Shirreff; Hydrurga; Livingston Island; Shirreff; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard Seal; Leopard Seals
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7mp1s7bw; http://n2t.net/ark:/13030/m5cz7vxj

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...