Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Arctocephalus forsteri

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Arctocephalus forsteri

Main Ref.	Harcourt, R.G., C.J.A. Bradshaw, K. Dickson and L.S. Davis, 2002
Fish stage	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	97	Percent empty
Country	New Zealand	Locality	Fuchsia Gully, Otago Peninsula, South Island
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Arctocephalus forsteri

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
6.70 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pseudophycis bachus
22.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus
12.60 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Lampanyctodes hectoris
19.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Nototodarus sloanii
4.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Symbolophorus
32.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Thyrsites atun	Prey representing <5% biomass.
2.30 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	Others