Diet of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Casaux, Ricardo Jorge, Baroni, A., Ramón, Analía Inés
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Medicina; Bivalve; Polychaete; Antarctic Peninsula; Similar Information; Fish Prey; Antarctic; Danco; Danco Coast; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/134040

The diet of non-breeding male Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella , was investigated at the Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula, by the analysis of 31 and 149 scats collected from January to March 1998 and 2000, respectively. Overall, fish and krill, followed by penguins and squids, were the mos...