Foraging Ecology of Northern Elephant Seals

• Main Authors: Le Boeuf, Burney J. J., Crocker, Daniel E., Costa, Daniel P., Blackwell, Susanna B., Webb, Paul M., Houser, Dorian S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DOCS@RWU 2000
• Subjects: diving; foraging; habitat separation; migration; Mirounga angustirostris; northern elephant seals; resource partitioning; sex differences; sexual segregation; Biology; Jagged; Pacific; Elephant Seals; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://docs.rwu.edu/fcas_fp/88; https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0353:FEONES]2.0.CO;2

Sexual segregation in foraging is predicted from the great size disparity of male and female northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris. Our aim was to test this prediction by measuring diving and foraging behavior, foraging locations, and distribution of the sexes during biannual migrations i...