Diet of demersal sharks and chimaeras inferred by fatty acid profiles and stomach content analysis

H Pethybridge, RK Daley, PD Nichols - Journal of Experimental Marine …, 2011 - Elsevier
Obtaining adequate dietary information for many shark and chimaera species has long been
a challenge for ecosystem managers, largely due to logistical difficulties in the collection of …

Taking the sting out of darting: Risks, restraint drugs and procedures for the chemical restraint of Southern Hemisphere otariids

AMM Baylis, B Page, I Staniland… - Marine Mammal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The need to manage otariid populations has necessitated the development of a wide range
of capture methods. Chemical restraint by remote drug delivery (ie, darting) is a highly …

Diving deeper into individual foraging specializations of a large marine predator, the southern sea lion

AMM Baylis, RA Orben, JPY Arnould, K Peters, T Knox… - Oecologia, 2015 - Springer
Despite global declines in the abundance of marine predators, knowledge of foraging
ecology, necessary to predict the ecological consequences of large changes in marine …

Interannual variability in the lipid and fatty acid profiles of east Australia-migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) across a 10-year timeline

J Groß, P Virtue, PD Nichols, P Eisenmann… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Southern hemisphere humpback whales are classified as high-fidelity Antarctic krill
consumers and as such are vulnerable to variability and long-term changes in krill biomass …

Proportion of prey consumed can be determined from faecal DNA using real‐time PCR

E Bowles, PM Schulte, DJ Tollit… - Molecular Ecology …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstructing the diets of pinnipeds by visually identifying prey remains recovered in
faecal samples is challenging because of differences in digestion and passage rates of hard …

Population structure of adult female Australian sea lions is driven by fine-scale foraging site fidelity

AD Lowther, RG Harcourt, SD Goldsworthy, A Stow - Animal Behaviour, 2012 - Elsevier
The Australian sea lion, Neophoca cinerea, one of the world's rarest otariids, is notable for
an asynchronous, aseasonal breeding chronology. Determining the ecological features that …

Creatures of habit: foraging habitat fidelity of adult female Australian sea lions

AD Lowther, RG Harcourt, DJ Hamer… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
We examined the movement characteristics and seasonality of feeding behaviour for an
endemic Australian otariid, the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea. By combining tracking …

The endangered Australian sea lion extensively overlaps with and regularly becomes by-catch in demersal shark gill-nets in South Australian shelf waters

DJ Hamer, SD Goldsworthy, DP Costa, SL Fowler… - Biological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) have typically small breeding colonies, many of
which are genetically distinct populations due to female philopatry (ie breeding site fidelity) …

Stable isotopes reveal inter-annual and inter-individual variation in the diet of female Australian fur seals

JPY Arnould, Y Cherel, J Gibbens, JG White… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
Understanding the temporal and spatial variation of foraging habits of apex predators is
central to understanding their role in marine ecosystems and how their populations may …

Fine‐scale diet of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) using DNA‐based analysis of faeces

KJ Peters, K Ophelkeller, NJ Bott, BE Deagle… - Marine …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We applied DNA‐based faecal analysis to determine the diet of female A ustralian sea lions
(n= 12) from two breeding colonies in S outh A ustralia. DNA dietary components of fish and …