Cephalopod diet of the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, along the Namibian coast: variation due to location

• Main Authors: de Bruyn, P.J.N., Bester, M.N., Kirkman, S.P., Mecenero, S, Roux, J.P., Klages, N.T.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NISC (Pty) Ltd 2017
• Subjects: Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus; cephalopods; spatial variation; diet; scat samples; Namibia; Possession Island
• Online Access: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/az/article/view/153244

Scats of the Cape fur seal, Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, were sampled at four mainland colonies, Cape Cross, Atlas Bay,Wolf Bay and Van Reenen Bay, along the Namibian coast over a period of eight years (1994–2001) to assess the diversity and spatial variability in the cephalopod component of the...