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Diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus at three mainland breeding colonies in Namibia. 1. Spatial variation

S Mecenero
,
J-P Roux
,
LG Underhill
&
MN Bester
Pages 57-71 | Published online: 08 Jan 2010

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A Winkler, S Mannheim, A-R Childs, C Santos, C de Beer, MJ Smale & WM Potts. (2019) A snapshot assessment of the diet of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus at Ilha dos Tigres, Angola. African Journal of Marine Science 41:4, pages 443-447.
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C Fallows, HP Benoît & N Hammerschlag. (2015) Intraguild predation and partial consumption of blue sharks Prionace glauca by Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus. African Journal of Marine Science 37:1, pages 125-128.
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M Connan, GJG Hofmeyr, MJ Smale & PA Pistorius. (2014) Trophic investigations of Cape fur seals at the easternmost extreme of their distribution. African Journal of Marine Science 36:3, pages 331-344.
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L Hutchings, A Jarre, T Lamont, M van den Berg & SP Kirkman. (2012) St Helena Bay (southern Benguela) then and now: muted climate signals, large human impact. African Journal of Marine Science 34:4, pages 559-583.
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J Huisamen, SP Kirkman, CD van der Lingen, LH Watson, VG Cockcroft, R Jewell & PA Pistorius. (2012) Diet of the Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus at the Robberg Peninsula, Plettenberg Bay, and implications for local fisheries. African Journal of Marine Science 34:3, pages 431-441.
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SP Kirkman, WH Oosthuizen, MA Meÿer, SM Seakamela & LG Underhill. (2011) Prioritising range-wide scientific monitoring of the Cape fur seal in southern Africa. African Journal of Marine Science 33:3, pages 495-509.
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O Grahl-Nielsen, J-O Krakstad, L Nøttestad & BE Axelsen. (2010) Dusky dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus and Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus: fatty acid composition of their blubber and prey species. African Journal of Marine Science 32:2, pages 187-196.
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M Skern-Mauritzen, SP Kirkman, E Olsen, A Bjørge, L Drapeau, MA Meÿer, J-P Roux, S Swanson & WH Oosthuizen. (2009) Do inter-colony differences in Cape fur seal foraging behaviour reflect large-scale changes in the northern Benguela ecosystem?. African Journal of Marine Science 31:3, pages 399-408.
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Jonathan A. Botha, Clive N. Trueman, Stephen P. Kirkman, John P. Y. Arnould, Amanda T. Lombard, Maëlle Connan, G. J. Greg Hofmeyr, S. Mduduzi Seakamela & Pierre A. Pistorius. (2023) Geographical, temporal, and individual‐based differences in the trophic ecology of female Cape fur seals. Ecology and Evolution 13:2.
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Shijie Bai, Peijun Zhang, Changhao Zhang, Jiang Du, Xinyi Du, Chengwei Zhu, Jun Liu, Peiyu Xie & Songhai Li. (2021) Comparative Study of the Gut Microbiota Among Four Different Marine Mammals in an Aquarium. Frontiers in Microbiology 12.
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M Caputo, S Elwen, T Gridley, SA Kohler, JP Roux, PW Froneman & JJ Kiszka. (2021) Dietary plasticity of two coastal dolphin species in the Benguela upwelling ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series 669, pages 227-240.
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JA Botha, SP Kirkman, JPY Arnould, AT Lombard, GJG Hofmeyr, MA Meÿer, PGH Kotze & PA Pistorius. (2020) Geographic variation in at-sea movements, habitat use and diving behaviour of female Cape fur seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 649, pages 201-218.
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S. P. Kirkman, D. P. Costa, A.-L. Harrison, P. G. H. Kotze, W. H. Oosthuizen, M. Weise, J. A. Botha & J. P. Y. Arnould. (2019) Dive behaviour and foraging effort of female Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus . Royal Society Open Science 6:10, pages 191369.
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M. R. Wilhelm, C. H. Kirchner, J. P. Roux, A. Jarre, J. A. Iitembu, J. N. Kathena & P. Kainge. 2015. Hakes. Hakes 70 100 .
M. R. WilhelmJ. -P. Roux, C. L. Moloney & A. Jarre. (2015) Biannual otolith-zone formation of young shallow-water hake Merluccius capensis in the northern Benguela: age verification using otoliths sampled by a top predator . Journal of Fish Biology 87:1, pages 1-16.
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Margit R. Wilhelm, Jean-Paul Roux, Coleen L. Moloney & Astrid Jarre. (2013) Data from fur seal scats reveal when Namibian Merluccius capensis are hatched and how fast they grow. ICES Journal of Marine Science 70:7, pages 1429-1438.
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Steve P. Kirkman, D. Yemane, W. H. Oosthuizen, M. A. Meÿer, P. G. H. Kotze, H. Skrypzeck, F. Vaz Velho & L. G. Underhill. (2013) Spatio-temporal shifts of the dynamic Cape fur seal population in southern Africa, based on aerial censuses (1972-2009). Marine Mammal Science 29:3, pages 497-524.
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Wolf Hanke, Sven Wieskotten, Christopher Marshall & Guido Dehnhardt. (2012) Hydrodynamic perception in true seals (Phocidae) and eared seals (Otariidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 199:6, pages 421-440.
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Sunghee Kim, Mats Amundin & Matthias Laska. (2012) Olfactory discrimination ability of South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) for enantiomers. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 199:6, pages 535-544.
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JOHANNES A. IITEMBU, TODD W. MILLER, KOJI OHMORI, ABRAHAM KANIME & SEAN WELLS. (2012) Comparison of ontogenetic trophic shift in two hake species, Merluccius capensis and Merluccius paradoxus, from the Northern Benguela Current ecosystem (Namibia) using stable isotope analysis. Fisheries Oceanography 21:2-3, pages 215-225.
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Silvia Mecenero, Les G. Underhill, Jens-Otto Krakstad, Stephen P. Kirkman & Jean-Paul Roux. (2007) Overlap in utilization of juvenile Cape horse mackerel by Cape fur seals and the purse-seine fishery in Namibia. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 37:1, pages 17-29.
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Silvia Mecenero, Stephen P. Kirkman & Jean-Paul Roux. (2006) A refined fish consumption model for lactating Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus), based on scat analyses. ICES Journal of Marine Science 63:8, pages 1551-1566.
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C.D. van der Lingen, L.J. Shannon, P. Cury, A. Kreiner, C.L. Moloney, J-P. Roux & F. Vaz-Velho. 2006. Benguela - Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem. Benguela - Predicting a Large Marine Ecosystem 147 184 .

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