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	48	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
0.70 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	Others	Prey representing <5% in any one season.
0.70 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Octopus maorum
98.60 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Nototodarus sloanii