Metabolomics approach for predicting stomach and colon contents in dead Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, Arctocephalus tropicalis, Lobodon carcinophaga and Ommatophoca rossii from sub-Antarctic region

• Mukhethwa Micheal Mphephu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mukhethwa Micheal Mphephu, Nqobile Monate Mkolo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Oyinlola Oluwunmi Olaokun ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Caswell Mavimbela ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Greg Hofmeyer ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, Humewood, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0283-6058

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• Monica Mwale ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), National Zoological Garden, Pretoria, South Africa

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• Nqobile Monate Mkolo

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mukhethwa Micheal Mphephu, Nqobile Monate Mkolo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Nqobile.mkolo@smu.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Biology, School of Science and Technology, Sefako Makgatho Health Science University, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-4522

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