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Seth Newsome

Using Chemistry to Study Marine Mammal Diets

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Posted: February 6, 2013

Differences in diet among individuals of the same species is increasingly recognized as an important component of diversity in food webs. Seth Newsome discusses a chemical approach to quantifying patterns of individual dietary specialization in a wide range of marine and terrestrial mammalian carnivores, including sea otters, pinnipeds, and canids. Dr. Newsome is a research scientist in the zoology and physiology department at the University of Wyoming. He spoke at the Aquarium on June 14, 2012.

Video Posted: February 6, 2013 | Running time: 03:05

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