Regional, temporal and fine-scale spatial variation in Weddell seal diet at four coastal locations in east Antarctica

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Lake, Samantha, Burton, Harry, van den Hoff, John
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Commonwealth Bay; East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Mawson Coast; McMurdo Sound; The Antarctic; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Weddell Seal; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53971/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53971/1/4421.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps254293

This description of 905 scats from 4 locations in east Antarctica almost doubles the observations of Weddell seal diet reported to date. Regional, temporal and fine-scale spatial variation in diet was evaluated using both randomisation and parametric statistics. Even within the Vestfold Hills (68°33...