Diet of the Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Baroni, A., Ramón, A., Carlini, A., Bertolin, María Lila, Di Prinzio, Cecilia Yanina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: LEOPARD; SEAL; DIET; ANTARCTICA; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; San Juan; Argentino; Argentina; Ricardo; Hydrurga; Cierva; Danco; Danco Coast; Cierva Point; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Hydrurga leptonyx; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Leopard Seal; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94522

A total of 14 scats of the Leopard Seal were collected on ice floes close to Cierva Point, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, during February and March 2000. Krill was the most frequent and numerous prey and also constituted the bulk of the diet; penguins and fish followed in importance by mass. Amon...