New records of South American sea lion Otaria flavescens predation on southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome at Staten Island, Argentina

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida, Saenz Samaniego, Ricardo Andres, Petracci, Pablo Fabricio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: POPULATION THREATS; PREDATION; ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN; SOUTH AMERICAN SEA LION; STATEN ISLAND; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Austral; Nélida; Pablo; Ricardo; Saenz; Polar Biology; Rockhopper penguin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94844

Predation by fur seals and sea lions has been identified, among others, as a potential cause of the declines in rockhopper penguin populations. Here, we report a multiple predation event of southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome by South American sub-adult male sea lions Otaria flavescens...