TY - JOUR AU - Krause, Douglas J. AU - Goebel, Michael E. AU - Marshall, Gregory J. AU - Abernathy, Kyler PY - 2015 DA - 2015/08/06 TI - Novel foraging strategies observed in a growing leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) population at Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula JO - Animal Biotelemetry SP - 24 VL - 3 IS - 1 AB - Leopard seals are apex predators that can alter the community structure of Antarctic coastal ecosystems. Previous behavioral studies were limited to land-based, daytime observations of foraging leopard seals. Consequently, foraging tactics, social behaviors, and indirect ecosystem impacts are poorly understood. Here, we present the first analysis of animal-borne HD video footage for foraging leopard seals. Each CRITTERCAM was deployed with Fastloc GPS and time-depth recorder instruments providing fine-scale habitat context for observed foraging behavior. We analyzed seven deployments obtained in January and February of 2013 and 2014 from adult female leopard seals near mesopredator breeding colonies on Livingston Island, Antarctica. SN - 2050-3385 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-015-0059-2 DO - 10.1186/s40317-015-0059-2 ID - Krause2015 ER -