Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis on New Zealand sea lions: model sensitivity and diet estimates

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Meynier, Laureline, Morel, Patrick C. H., Chilvers, B. Louise, Mackenzie, Duncan D. S., Duignan, Pádraig J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2010
• Subjects: Feature Articles; New Zealand; Auckland Islands Shelf; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: http://jmammal.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/91/6/1484; https://doi.org/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-299.1

We used quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) to predict the long-term diet of New Zealand (NZ) sea lions ( Phocarctos hookeri ) incidentally caught in the NZ arrow squid ( Nototodarus spp.) fishery. The QFASA model used fatty acid (FA) profiles based on 82 blubber samples of NZ sea lio...