Environmental influences on foraging effort, success and efficiency in female Australian fur seals Speakman, Cassie N., Hoskins, Andrew J., Hindell, Mark A., Costa, Daniel P., Hartog, Jason R., Hobday, Alistair J. and Arnould, John P.Y. 2020, Environmental influences on foraging effort, success and efficiency in female Australian fur seals, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73579-y. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Environmental influences on foraging effort, success and efficiency in female Australian fur seals Author(s) Speakman, Cassie N. Hoskins, Andrew J. Hindell, Mark A. Costa, Daniel P. Hartog, Jason R. Hobday, Alistair J. Arnould, John P.Y. orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-9330 Journal name Scientific Reports Volume number 10 Issue number 1 Article ID 17710 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2020 ISSN 2045-2322 2045-2322 Summary Understanding the factors which influence foraging behaviour and success in marine mammals is crucial to predicting how their populations may respond to environmental change. The Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus AUFS) is a predominantly benthic forager on the shallow continental shelf of Bass Strait, and represents the greatest biomass of marine predators in south-eastern Australia. The south-east Australian region is experiencing rapid oceanic warming, predicted to lead to substantial alterations in prey diversity, distribution and abundance. In the present study, foraging effort and indices of foraging success and efficiency were investigated in 138 adult female AUFS (970 foraging trips) during the winters of 1998–2019. Large scale climate conditions had a strong influence on foraging effort, foraging success and efficiency. Foraging effort and foraging success were also strongly influenced by winter chlorophyll-a concentrations and sea-surface height anomalies in Bass Strait. The results suggest increasing foraging effort and decreasing foraging success and efficiency under anticipated environmental conditions, which may have population-level impacts. Language eng DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-73579-y Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30144513 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 27 Oct 2020, 07:27:44 EST Wed, 28 Oct 2020, 04:01:03 EST Wed, 28 Oct 2020, 06:15:27 EST Wed, 04 Nov 2020, 08:36:12 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 05:04:00 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 11:22:30 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 11:25:27 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 13:28:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 15 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 04 Nov 2020, 08:36:12 EST

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