The diet of the subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis at Marion Island

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Makhado, Azwianewi Benedict, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Arctocephalus tropicalis; Arctocephalus gazella; Diet; Prey availability; Scat analyses; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Possession Island; Amsterdam Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Macquarie Island; Marion Island; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/37197; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-013-1380-y

Scats of subantarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at Marion Island were collected from 1996 to 2,000, to examine temporal variability in the diet, factors affecting the variability and how the diet differed from that of the Antarctic fur seal A. gazella in the same period. For A. tropicalis,...