Comparison of the stomach contents of southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, at Macquarie and Heard Island

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Green, K., Burton, H. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Marine Mammalogy 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Peninsula; Kerguelen; Heard Island; Signy Island; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37617/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/37617/1/2488.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1993.tb00422.x

There are three major breeding populations of southern elephant seals centered on Macquarie Island, Kerguelen-Heard Islands and South Georgia-Antarctic Peninsula. The composition of the diet differs between these populations based on published data from Signy Island and data presented here from Macq...