Foraging ground fidelity and route-choice tactics of a marine predator: the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

• Main Authors: Bonadonna, Francesco, Lea, Marie-Anne, Dehorter, Olivier, Guinet, Christophe
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Antartic Wildlife Research Unit, School of Zoology, University of Tasmania
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2001
• Subjects: Antarctic fur seal · Satellite transmitter · Foraging trip · Kerguelen; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Indian; Cap Noir; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00192327

International audience This study examins the intra- and inter-individual changes in the foraging route-choice behaviour of 45 female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella breeding at the Cap Noir colony in the Kerguelen Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean. Satellite transmitters were used to tra...