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Loading Population Growth of Antarctic Fur Seals: Limitation by a Top Predator, the Leopard Seal? Ecology, 79(8), 1998, pp. 2863–2877 1998 by the Ecological Society of America By RONG Hua Antarctic fur seals feeds mainly on krill and various fish species and is preyed upon by other species of seals, killer whales, or sharks. Thus, despite the usual focus on bottom-up forces con-trolling seals and seabirds, there is considerable scope for top-down forces to play important roles. In this paper we examine evidence for control of an Antarctic fur seal population by leopard seals. The Antarctic f