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Burdman,Luciana; Daneri,Gustavo A.; Negrete,Javier; Mennucci,Jorge A.; Marquez,Maria E. I.. |
The aim of the present study was to enhance the knowledge of the feeding habits of the juvenile component of the population of Southern elephant seals [Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)] from Isla 25 de Mayo, South Shetland Islands, age class whose diet information is scarce. A total of 60 individuals were stomach lavaged in the spring - summer seasons of three consecutive years (2003, 2004 and 2005) of which 53.3 % (n = 32) presented food remnants. The Antarctic glacial squid Psychroteuthis glacialis Thiele, 1921 was the dominant prey taxon in terms of frequency of occurrence (68.7%), numerical abundance (60.1%) and biomass (51.5%), contributing 84.1% to the total relative importance index. Other squid prey species of importance were Slosarczykovia... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mirounga; Diet; Antarctica. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212015000100012 |
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Hernández-Ardila,Laura Valentina; Barragán-Barrera,Dalia C.; Negrete,Javier; Poljak,Sebastián; Riet-Sapriza,Federico G.; Caballero,Susana. |
ABSTRACT The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) is a genetically low-studied species. In order to conduct the first genetic diversity assessment of this species in Danco Coast (Antarctic Peninsula), 423 bp of the mitochondrial DNA Control Region (mtDNA-CR) was sequenced from 13 blood samples collected in Primavera Base (62º15’S, 58º39’W) during the 2011-2012 austral summer. Our results showed high haplotype diversity (h = 0.99), with various divergent haplotypes. Our findings suggest that leopard seals in the Danco Coast could represent different phylogroups; however, including more genetic markers are needed to confirm this hypothesis. |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Seal; Pinnipeds; MtDNA; Control Region; Antarctica.. |
Ano: 2021 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0122-97612021000300227 |
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