Diet of Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii at Vestkapp, eastern Weddell Sea (Antarctica), in relation to local food supply

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Plötz, Joachim, Ekau, Werner, Reijnders, Peter J. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Marine Mammalogy 1991
• Subjects: Austral; Vestkapp; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35112/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/35112/1/1738.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1991.tb00560.x

Thirteen Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) were collected at Vestkapp, eastern Weddell Sea coast, in austral spring 1986. All stomachs contained partially digested food. The mean wet weight of stomach contents was 7.5 kg, 3.3% of the. mean body weight of the collected seals. Twelve fish specie...