Colony-based foraging segregation by Antarctic fur seals at the Kerguelen Archipelago

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Lea, MA, Guinet, C, Cherel, Y, Hindell, MA, Dubroca, L, Thalmann, SJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2008
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Zoology; Zoology not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Indian; Cap Noir; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07305; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/51831

The foraging behaviour of conspecific female Antarctic fur seals (AFS) was compared simultaneously at 2 breeding colonies at les Kerguelen (S Indian Ocean). A remnant colony at les Nuageuses (IN) thought to have escaped sealing is hypothesized to be the source of increasing fur seal numbers at Cap N...