Fish prey of sub-Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus tropicalis at the Tristan da Cunha Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt, Stansfield, L.J., Glass, Trevor, De Bruyn, P.J. Nico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2022
• Subjects: Arctocephalus tropicalis; Climate change; Diet; Myctophid fish; Frontal zones; Foraging range; Antarctic; Gough; Indian; Southern Ocean; Tristan; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Polar Biology; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/84344; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02849-w

Some top predator populations in the South Atlantic and South Indian oceans are in decline, presumably contingent upon reduced food availability, precipitated by climate change. This phenomenon impacts on the positions of major ocean frontal zones which are hypothesised to act as natural dispersal b...