The relevance of fish in the summer diet of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) at Hope Bay, Antarctic Peninsula and Stranger Point, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Descalzo, Mariana, Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo, Harrington, Ana, Negrete, Javier, Negri, Agustina, Corbalán, Aldo, Barrera Oro, Esteban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ANTARCTICA; COMMERCIAL FISHERY; MYCTOPHIDAE; NOTOTHENIOIDEI; PINNIPEDS; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Gustavo; Hope Bay; Stranger Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Krill; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella; Euphausia superba
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/221283

The fish incidence, particularly notothenioids and myctophids, in the diet of non-breeding male Arctocephalus gazella in the western Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region is widely variable according to the studied locality. We made a comparative diet analysis on 158 fecal samples collected in summer 2005...