Diet of juvenile southern elephant seals reappraised by stable isotopes in whiskers

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Newland, C., Field, I., Cherel, Y., Guinet, C., Bradshaw, C., McMahon, C., Hindell, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-research 2011
• Subjects: Stable isotopes; Vibrissae growth patterns; diet; fish; squid; resource partitioning; inter-specific competition; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Bradshaw; Corey; McMahon; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; King Penguins; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/68495; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08769

Declines in marine predator populations have been attributed to anthropogenic activity and environmental change. Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina are major consumers of biomass in the eastern region of the Southern Ocean and have been declining in numbers since the 1960s. Previous studies ha...