Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island
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Reisinger, Ryan Rudolf
De Bruyn, P.J. Nico
Pistorius, Pierre Anton
Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
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Springer
Abstract
We report two observations of adult male
Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, preying on large octopods at subAntarctic Marion Island during July and August 2008. If Antarctic fur seals take cephalopods opportunistically,
as previously suggested, our observations may
be a rare event representing such opportunistic predation.
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Arctocephalus gazella, Opportunistic feeding
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Reisinger, RR, De Bruyn, PJN, Pistorius, PA & Bester, MN 2010, 'Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island', Polar Biology, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 571-574, doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0731-1. [http://www.springer.com/life+sci/ecology/journal/300]