Environmental correlates of temporal variation in the diet of Australian fur seals

• Main Author: Kimberley Kliska
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified; Southern fur seals > Bass Strait (Vic. and Tas.) > Food; Bass Strait; Southern fur seals; sea surface temperature; Australian fur seal; Southern annular modes; El Nino southern oscillation; Soi; Southern Fur Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25949/19428290.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Environmental_correlates_of_temporal_variation_in_the_diet_of_Australian_fur_seals/19428290

Long term systematic monitoring of the diet of large marine predators can be an effective approach to detect and understand changes in ecosystems vulnerable to environmental change. This study quantified seasonal and annual changes in the frequency of occurrence (%FO) of prey items in the diet of Au...