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Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island

Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island
Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island

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.

Arctocephalus gazella, Diet, Octopus magnificus, Opportunistic feeding, Otariid, SubAntarctic islands
0722-4060
571-574
Reisinger, Ryan R.
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de Bruyn, P. J.Nico
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Pistorius, Pierre A.
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Bester, Marthán N.
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Reisinger, Ryan R.
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de Bruyn, P. J.Nico
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Bester, Marthán N.
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Reisinger, Ryan R., de Bruyn, P. J.Nico, Pistorius, Pierre A. and Bester, Marthán N. (2010) Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island. Polar Biology, 33 (4), 571-574. (doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0731-1).

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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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Published date: April 2010
Keywords: Arctocephalus gazella, Diet, Octopus magnificus, Opportunistic feeding, Otariid, SubAntarctic islands

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Local EPrints ID: 469015
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/469015
DOI: doi:10.1007/s00300-009-0731-1
ISSN: 0722-4060
PURE UUID: 1f85d7b6-c9f0-48a2-8b97-039e02fd980b
ORCID for Ryan R. Reisinger: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8933-6875

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Date deposited: 05 Sep 2022 16:38
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 02:11

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Author: Ryan R. Reisinger ORCID iD
Author: P. J.Nico de Bruyn
Author: Pierre A. Pistorius
Author: Marthán N. Bester

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