The diet of the Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii at the Danco Coast, 4 Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Baroni, A., Ramón, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Weddell; Argentina; Ricardo; Cierva; Danco; Danco Coast; Cierva Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Polar Biology; Weddell Seal
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/16779

The diet of the Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, was investigated by the analysis of 105 and 39 faeces col- lected at beaches surrounding Cierva Point during Jan- uary–March 1998 and 2000, respectively. The diet was diverse and composed of both pelagic an...