Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW
Published or accepted for publication elsewhere? No ABSTRACT. An uncertainty heretofore has existed over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We reviewed the literature to assess the relative weight that should be given to direct, obs...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.566.617 2023-05-15T13:38:56+02:00 Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW Language English Author(s) D. Ainley D. Siniff The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.566.617 http://penguinscience.com/reprints/ross_sea/Seals_affected_by_fish_extraction.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.566.617 http://penguinscience.com/reprints/ross_sea/Seals_affected_by_fish_extraction.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://penguinscience.com/reprints/ross_sea/Seals_affected_by_fish_extraction.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:17:37Z Published or accepted for publication elsewhere? No ABSTRACT. An uncertainty heretofore has existed over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We reviewed the literature to assess the relative weight that should be given to direct, observational evidence of predator diet composition, as opposed to indirect evidence from scat and biochemical analysis. As a result of this assessment, it is evident that toothfish are an important prey of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). Recent findings show the seals do not eat toothfish hard parts, thus providing the reason that toothfish have seldom been detected in scat or stomach samples; biochemical samples have been taken only from seal populations where toothfish do not occur. On the basis of data from an under ice observation platform, non-breeding seals in McMurdo Sound take 0.8-1.3 toothfish per day. Seals with video recording equipment were seen to closely encounter toothfish but for unknown reasons did not often pursue for capture. It is estimated that the non-breeding portion of the seal population in McMurdo Sound, during spring and summer, consume about 52 tonnes of toothfish. Too many unknowns exist to estimate what the larger, breeding portion consumes during that and other parts of the year, although it should not be Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Toothfish McMurdo Sound Ross Sea Weddell Seals Unknown Antarctic McMurdo Sound Ross Sea Weddell |
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Published or accepted for publication elsewhere? No ABSTRACT. An uncertainty heretofore has existed over the importance of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) as prey of top predators in the Ross Sea. We reviewed the literature to assess the relative weight that should be given to direct, observational evidence of predator diet composition, as opposed to indirect evidence from scat and biochemical analysis. As a result of this assessment, it is evident that toothfish are an important prey of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii). Recent findings show the seals do not eat toothfish hard parts, thus providing the reason that toothfish have seldom been detected in scat or stomach samples; biochemical samples have been taken only from seal populations where toothfish do not occur. On the basis of data from an under ice observation platform, non-breeding seals in McMurdo Sound take 0.8-1.3 toothfish per day. Seals with video recording equipment were seen to closely encounter toothfish but for unknown reasons did not often pursue for capture. It is estimated that the non-breeding portion of the seal population in McMurdo Sound, during spring and summer, consume about 52 tonnes of toothfish. Too many unknowns exist to estimate what the larger, breeding portion consumes during that and other parts of the year, although it should not be |
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Language English Author(s) D. Ainley D. Siniff Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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Title: ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY OVER THE IMPORTANCE OF ANTARCTIC TOOTHFISH AS PREY OF SEALS AND WHALES IN THE SOUTHERN ROSS SEA: A REVIEW |
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title: addressing uncertainty over the importance of antarctic toothfish as prey of seals and whales in the southern ross sea: a review |
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