Foraging behaviour indicates marginal marine habitat for New Zealand sea lions: remnant versus recolonising populations

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Augé, A.A., Chilvers, B.L., Moore, A.B., Davis, L.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2011
• Subjects: Campbell Island; New Zealand; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24084/3/24084_Auge_et_al_2011_Accepted_Version.pdf; https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/24084/4/24084_Auge_et_al_2011.pdf

The New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri historically bred on the New Zealand mainland (South and North Islands). Subsistence hunting and later commercial sealing reduced its distribution to 3 breeding areas at the spatial edges of its historical distribution range, in the Auckland Islands (AI) a...