Observations on food remains in faeces of elephant, leopard and crabeater seals

摘要

Faecal material of leopard, crabeater and elephant seals was collected from the vicinity of Davis station, Antarctica. Very few identifiable remains were found in elephant seal droppings. Fish remains, mainly ofPleuragramma antarcticum, were found in both leopard and crabeater seal droppings. The mysidAntarctomysis maximawas also found in crabeater seal droppings and amphipods and decapod crustaceans in leopard seal droppings.