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

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Bonadonna, F, Lea, MA, Dehorter, O, Guinet, C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2001
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Wildlife and Habitat Management; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Indian; Cap Noir; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v223/p287-297/; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps223287; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/22364

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 track seals during one or...