Ontogenetic niche partitioning in southern elephant seals from Argentine Patagonia

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Campagna, Julieta, Lewis, Mirtha Noemi, González Carman, Victoria, Campagna, Claudio, Guinet, Christophe, Johnson, Mark, Davis, Randall W., Rodríguez, Diego Hernán, Hindell, Mark A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: ELEPHANT SEALS; MIROUNGA LEONINA; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PENÍNSULA VALDÉS; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Argentine; Julieta; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; South Atlantic Ocean; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/123402

Elephant seals, Mirounga spp., are highly dimorphic, having different energetic requirements according to age and sex, and foraging in various ecological and oceanographic contexts. Resource partitioning has been shown for the sub-Antarctic populations of southern elephant seals, M. leonina, where c...