Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Mirounga leonina

Main Ref.	Daneri, G.A., A.R. Carlini, E.R. Marschoff, A. Harrington, J. Negrete, J.A. Mennucci and M.E.I. Márquez, 2014
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	232	Percent empty	30.2
Country	Antarctica	Locality	Isla 25 de mayo, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Mirounga leonina

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
66.33 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gymnoscopelus nicholsi	% mass = 66.4
1.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Electrona antarctica	% mass = 1.1
5.49 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pleuragramma antarcticum	% mass = 5.5
13.09 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gobionotothen gibberifrons	% mass = 13.1
5.79 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Chionodraco rastrospinosus	% mass = 5.8
7.29 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Chionodraco myersi	% mass = 7.3
0.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Dacodraco hunteri	% mass = 0.9