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The diet of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (Peters) during the breeding season at Heard Island
Green, K.; Burton, H.R.; Williams, R. (1989). The diet of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (Peters) during the breeding season at Heard Island. Antarctic Science 1(4): 317-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102089000489
In: Antarctic Science. Cambridge University Press: Oxford. ISSN 0954-1020; e-ISSN 1365-2079
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Aquatic organisms > Marine organisms > Aquatic mammals > Marine mammals
Breeding seasons
Diets
Heard I.
Bathyraja Ishiyama, 1958 [WoRMS]; Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 [WoRMS]
Heard Island [Marine Regions]
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- Green, K.
- Burton, H.R.
- Williams, R.
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Between September 1987 and February 1988, Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella (Peters) at Heard Island fed mainly on fish with an average 95.2% of scats in monthly collections containing fish remains. Pelagic myctophids constituted more than 50% of fish taken by fur seals at the beginning of the summer season and again at the end when there was an influx of non-breeding male seals. During the middle period from October to December, fish from the surrounding shelf area comprised the bulk of the diet. These included various benthic nototheniid species, the bentho-pelagic ice fish Champsocephalus gunnari Lönnberg and skate (Bathyraja spp.), the latter being found in over 60% of scats in October and November. The population of Antarctic fur seals at Heard Island is increasing at about the same rate as at South Georgia. There the increase is thought to be due to the high availability of krill E. superba, but in the present study no euphausiid remains were found, so the increasing population at Heard Island has been supported on a diet of fish. Whether this population increase can be sustained in future on a diet of fish is arguable. Trial fishing around Heard Island indicates that one of the major dietary items of the seals (C. gunnari) is of probable commercial importance and therefore any plans for the establishment of a fishery on Heard Island grounds must be considered in this light. |
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