Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Arctocephalus gazella

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Arctocephalus gazella

Main Ref.	Lea, M.-A., Y. Cherel, C. Guinet and P.D. Nichols, 2002
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	Kerguelen Is.	Locality	Cape Noir, Kerguelen Island in the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Arctocephalus gazella

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.02 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Krefftichthys anderssoni
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Metelectrona ventralis
0.54 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Protomyctophum bolini	0.1% Protomyctophum bolini; 0.02% Protomyctophum andriashevi; 0.4% Protomyctophum choriodon; 0.02% Protomyctophum tenisoni.
2.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Myctophidae	Eroded.
7.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Electrona spp.	0.2% Electrona antarctica; 0.5% Electrona carlsbergi; 6.4% Electrona subaspera.
14.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Icichthys australis
17.80 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Champsocephalus gunnari
44.32 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gymnoscopelus spp.	0.7% Gymnoscopelus fraseri; 7.2% Gymnoscopelus nicholsi; 28.3% Gymnoscopelus piabilis; 0.3% Gymnoscopelus bolini; 0.02% Gymnoscopelus braueri; 7.8% Gymnoscopelus sp.
3.80 %	nekton	finfish	n.a./other finfish	juv./adults	other fish
9.90 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Martialia hyadesi	8.5% Martialia hyadesi; 0.2% Brachioteuthus ?riisei; 0.5% Gonatus antarcticus; 0.3% Moroteuthis ingens; 0.4% Maroteuthis knipovitchi.