Changes in California sea lion diet during a period of substantial climate variability

The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) is a productive eastern boundary upwelling system that supports a wide variety of forage stocks. Decadal and interannual variability in the environment influence forage species, which in turn affects predators. The recent diet of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus; CSL) from Central California was determined using identification of hard parts from scat samples (n = 785) collected on Ano Nuevo...