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New Zealand sea lion movement and dive data - Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku

Marine mammals abundance and distributionInvertebrate abundance and distribution

We hypothesised that New Zealand sea lions from Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku of various sex and age classes would utilise the water column differently due to differing physiological constraints and therefore have different accessibility to prey resources. We tested whether sea lion diving behaviour varied in relation to (i) age and sex class, (ii) time of day and (iii) water depth. We also hypothesized that the proportion of benthic/pelagic diving, and consequently risk of fisheries interaction, would vary in relation to age and sex. Satellite telemetry tags were deployed on 25 NZSL from a range of age/sex classes recording dive depth, duration and location. Adult females and juveniles used inshore, benthic habitats, while sub-adult males also utilised benthic habitats, they predominantly used pelagic habitat at greater distances from the island. Adult females and juveniles exhibited shorter dives than the same age/sex classes at the Auckland Islands, suggesting a lower dive effort for these age/sex classes at Campbell Island.

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Temporal extent2012-02-02 – 2015-02-25
Date (publication)2023-10-25
Statuscompleted
Update frequencynotPlanned
Metadata languageen
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Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-05
Created2026-11-05
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