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Effects of age, colony and sex in mercury concentrations in California Sea Lions

2015
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Achives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

McHuron, E., Peterson, S., Ackerman, J., Melin, S. et al.

We measured total mercury (THg) concentrations in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) and examined how concentrations varied with age class, colony, and sex. Because Hg exposure...
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Keywords: Feeding ecology, Mercury, Sea lions

Energy and prey requirements of California sea lions under variable environmental conditions

2017
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Marine Ecology Progress Series

McHuron, E. A., M. Mangel, L. K. Schwarz, and D. P. Costa

Quantifying energy demands and prey consumption of marine mammals is important to understand the population dynamics of species and their ecological role in marine ecosystems. We...
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Keywords: Bioenergetic model, Population dynamics, Quantifying energy, Sea lions, Zalophus californianus

Seals and sea lions are what they eat, plus what? Determination of trophic discrimination factors for seven pinniped species

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectometry

Beltran, R., Peterson, S., McHuron, E., Reichmuth, C. et al.

RATIONALE: Mixing models are a common method for quantifying the contribution of prey sources to the diet of an individual using stable isotope analysis; however, these...
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Keywords: Feeding, Foraging, Sea lions, Seals, Trophic discrimination