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Diel swimming behaviors of juvenile anchovies (Anchoa spp.) were observed using stationary hydroacoustics and synoptic physicochemical and zooplankton profiles during four unique
water quality scenarios in the Neuse River Estuary, NC, USA. Vertical distribution of fish was restricted to waters with DO
greater than 2.5 mg O2 l−1, except when greater than 70% of the water column was hypoxic and a subset of fish were occupying water with 1 mg O2 l−1. We made the prediction that an individual fish would select a swim speed that would maximize net energy gain given the abundance
and availability of prey in the normoxic waters. During the day, fish adopted swim speeds between 7 and 8.8 bl s−1 that were near the theoretical optimum speeds between 7.0 and 8.0 bl s−1. An exception was found during severe hypoxia, when fish were swimming at 60% above the optimum speed (observed speed = 10.6 bl s−1, expected = 6.4 bl s−1). The anchovy is a visual planktivore; therefore, we expected a diel activity pattern characteristic of a diurnal species,
with quiescence at night to minimize energetic costs. Under stratified and hypoxic conditions with high fish density coupled
with limited prey availability, anchovies sustained high swimming speeds at night. The sustained nighttime activity resulted
in estimated daily energy expenditure over 20% greater than fish that adopted a diurnal activity pattern. We provide evidence
that the sustained nighttime activity patterns are a result of foraging at night due to a lower ration achieved during the
day. During severe hypoxic events, we also observed individual fish making brief forays into the hypoxic hypolimnion. These
bottom waters generally contained higher prey (copepod) concentrations than the surface waters. The bay anchovy, a facultative
particle forager, adopts a range of behaviors to compensate for the effects of increased conspecific density and reduced prey
availability in the presence of stratification-induced hypoxia. 相似文献
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The foraging ecology of seven Gentoo penguins,Pygoscelis papua, breeding at Ardley Island, Antarctica was studied using animal-attached devices which recorded swimming speed, heading and dive depth. Reconstruction of the foraging routes by vectorial analysis of the data indicated that at no time did the birds forage on the sea bed. Swimming speed was relatively constant at 1.7 m s-1, but rates of descent and ascent in the water column during dives increased with increasing maximum dive depth due to changes in descent and ascent angles. The amount of time spent discending and ascending in the water column increased with maximum dive depth as did the duration spent at the point of maximum depth. Dive profiles were essentially either U-shaped (flat-bottomed dives), or V-shaped (bounce dives). Development of a model based on simple probability theory indicated that the optimal dive profile to maximize the chances of prey acquisition depends on vertical prey distribution and on the visual capabilities of the birds with respect to descent and ascent angles. 相似文献
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April Hedd P. M. Regular W. A. Montevecchi A. D. Buren C. M. Burke D. A. Fifield 《Marine Biology》2009,156(4):741-751
Owing to the necessity of delivering food to offspring at colonies, breeding seabirds are highly constrained in their foraging
options. To minimize constraints imposed by central-place foraging and to optimize foraging behavior, many species exhibit
flexible foraging tactics. Here we document the behavioral flexibility of pursuit-diving common murres Uria aalge when foraging on female capelin Mallotus villosus in the northwest Atlantic. Quite unexpectedly, being visual foragers, we found that common murres dived throughout the day
and night. Twenty-one percent of recorded dives (n = 272 of 1,308 dives) were deep (≥50 m; maximum depth = 152 m, maximum duration = 212 s), bringing murres into sub-0°C water
in the Cold Intermediate Layer (CIL; 40–180 m) of the Labrador Current. Deep dives occurred almost exclusively during the
day when murres would have encountered spatially predictable aggregations of capelin between 100 and 150 m in the water column.
Temperatures within the CIL shaped trophic interactions and involved trade-offs for both predators and prey. Sub-0°C temperatures
limit a fish’s ability to escape from endothermic predators by reducing burst/escape speeds and also lengthening the time
needed to recover from burst-type activity. Thus, while deep diving may be energetically costly, it likely increases certainty
of prey capture. Decreased murre foraging efficiency at night (indicated by an increase in the number of dives per bout) reflects
both lower light conditions and changing prey behavior, as capelin migrate to warmer surface waters at night where their potential
to escape from avian predators could increase. 相似文献
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Timothée R. Cook Maike Hamann Lorien Pichegru Francesco Bonadonna David Grémillet Peter G. Ryan 《Marine Biology》2012,159(2):373-387
Knowledge on how divers exploit the water column vertically in relation to water depth is crucial to our understanding of
their ecology and to their subsequent conservation. However, information is still lacking for the smaller-bodied species,
due mostly to size constraints of data-loggers. Here, we report the diving behaviour of a flying diving seabird, the Cape
Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis, weighing 1.0–1.4 kg. Results were obtained by simultaneously deploying small, high resolution and high sampling frequency
GPS and time-depth loggers on birds breeding on islands off Western South Africa (34°S, 18°E) in 2008. In all, dive category
was assigned to all dives performed by 29 birds. Pelagic dives occurred almost as frequently as benthic dives. Pelagic dives
were shallow (mean: 5 m) and took place over seafloors 5–100 m deep. Benthic dives were deeper, occurring on seafloors mainly
10–30 m deep. Dive shape was linked to dive category in only 60% of dives, while the descent rate, ascent rate and bottom
duration/dive duration ratio of a dive best explained its dive category. This shows that only the concomitant use of tracking
and depth tags can adequately classify diving strategies in a diver like the Cape Cormorant. Diet was mainly Cape Anchovy
Engraulis encrasicolis, suggesting that birds probably displayed two contrasted strategies for capturing the same prey. Flexible foraging techniques
represent an important key to survival inside the highly productive but heterogeneous Benguela upwelling ecosystem. 相似文献
5.
Energetics of underwater swimming in the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Resting metabolic rate (RMR), energy requirements and body core temperature were measured during underwater swimming in great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) at the zoological garden in Neumünster, Germany, using gas respirometry and stomach temperature loggers. We used a 13 m long still water canal equipped with a respiration chamber at each end. Birds swam voluntarily in the canal at a mean speed of 1.51 ms-1. Power input during underwater swimming averaged 31.4 W kg-1. Minimal costs of transport of 19.1 J kg-1 m-1 were observed at a speed of 1.92 m s-1. Body core temperature was stable in all birds within the first 60 min spent in the canal. After that, body temperature dropped at a rate of 0.14°C min-1 until the birds voluntarily left the water. Our data indicate that great cormorants spend 2.7 times more energy than Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) during underwater swimming. This can be essentially attributed to their poor insulation, their mode of locomotion underwater and differences in streamlining. RMR on land was related to body mass via VO2=0.691 M0.755 (where VO2 is O2-consumption in litre h-1 and M is body mass in kg). In order to quantify the effects of external devices on energy consumption during underwater swimming, we tested a dummy data logger attached to the back of the cormorants as well as a ring on the leg. The ring had no apparent influence on the swimming energetics of the cormorants. In birds equipped with dummy loggers, swimming speed was not significantly influenced, but both power input and costs of transport increased by a mean of 19% for swimming speeds between 1.4 and 1.8 m s-1. 相似文献
6.
The pattern and characteristics of diving in 14 female northern rockhopper penguins, Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi, were studied at Amsterdam Island (37°50′S; 77°31′E) during the guard stage, using electronic time–depth recorders. Twenty-nine
foraging trips (27 daily foraging trips and two longer trips including one night) with a total of 16 572 dives of ≥3 m were
recorded. Females typically left the colony at dawn and returned in the late afternoon, spending an average of 12 h at sea,
during which they performed ∼550 dives. They were essentially inshore foragers (mean estimated foraging range 6 km), and mainly
preyed upon the pelagic euphausiid Thysanoessa gregaria, fishes and squid being only minor components of the diet. Mean dive depth, dive duration, and post-dive intervals were 18.4 m
(max. depth 109 m), 57 s (max. dive duration 168 s), and 21 s (37% of dive duration), respectively. Descent and ascent rates
averaged 1.2 and 1.0 ms−1 and were, together with dive duration, significantly correlated with dive depth. Birds spent 18% of their total diving time
in dives reaching 15 to 20 m, and the mean maximum diving efficiency (bottom time:dive cycle duration) occurred for dives
reaching 15 to 35 m. The most remarkable feature of diving behaviour in northern rockhopper penguins was the high percentage
of time spent diving during daily foraging trips (on average, 69% of their time at sea); this was mainly due to a high dive
frequency (∼44 dives per hour), which explained the high total vertical distance travelled during one trip (18 km on average).
Diving activity at night was greatly reduced, suggesting that, as other penguins, E. chrysocome moseleyi are essentially diurnal, and locate prey using visual cues.
Received: 9 December 1998 / Accepted: 3 March 1999 相似文献
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Life cycle of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus in the Greenland Sea 总被引:11,自引:0,他引:11
H.-J. Hirche 《Marine Biology》1997,128(4):607-618
The seasonal ontogenetic migration of the Arctic copepod Calanus hyperboreus was described from surface-to-bottom hauls in the central Greenland Sea Gyre (GSG) and in the Westspitsbergen Current (WSC).
All stages except females spent the winter below 500 m in the GSG and below 1000 m in the WSC. Seasonal ascent begins in April,
and descent in July. For the C.␣hyperboreus population an active downward transport of 8.1 g m−2 dry weight during 8 months of overwintering was estimated, similar to flux rates of particulate matter in sediment traps.
Seasonal distribution of biomass was determined from weight measurements of single stages. Annual means varied from 4.0 to
9.2 g m−2 in two different years in the GSG and were 1.1 in 1 year in the WSC. The life cycle in the Greenland Sea was reconstructed
from field data on stage composition, vertical distribution, reproduction, and moult cycle phase from tooth development of
CV. Laboratory experiments were conducted on the moulting of CIV and CV in fall. A 3-year (males) and 3- to 4-year (females)
life cycle is proposed for the GSG and 2 to 3 years for the WSC. However, the small number of young larvae and the incomplete
spring ascent by older copepodites observed in the WSC cast doubt on the reproductive success in the WSC. A suite of physiological
strategies and adaptations performed by the developmental stages support survival of this species in harsh environments.
Received: 25 January 1997 / Accepted: 11 February 1997 相似文献
8.
Determining the scale of larval dispersal and population connectivity in demersal fishes is a major challenge in marine ecology.
Historically, considerations of larval dispersal have ignored the possible contributions of larval behaviour, but we show
here that even young, small larvae have swimming, orientation and vertical positioning capabilities that can strongly influence
dispersal outcomes. Using young (11–15 days), relatively poorly developed (8–10 mm), larvae of the pomacentrid damselfish,
Amblyglyphidodon curacao (identified using mitochondrial DNA), we studied behaviour relevant to dispersal in the laboratory and sea on windward and
leeward sides of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Behaviour varied little with size over the narrow size range examined.
Critical speed was 27.5 ± 1.0 cm s−1 (30.9 BL s−1), and in situ speed was 13.6 ± 0.6 cm s−1. Fastest individuals were 44.6 and 25.0 cm s−1, for critical and in situ speeds, respectively. In situ speed was about 50% of critical speed and equalled mean current speed.
Unfed larvae swam 172 ± 29 h at 8–10 cm s−1 (52.0 ± 8.6 km), and lost 25% wet weight over that time. Vertical distribution differed between locations: modal depth was
2.5–5.0 and 10.0–12.5 m at leeward and windward sites, respectively. Over 80% of 71 larvae observed in situ had directional
swimming trajectories. Larvae avoided NW bearings, with an overall mean SE swimming direction, regardless of the direction
to nearest settlement habitat. Larvae made smaller changes between sequential bearings of swimming direction when swimming
SE than in other directions, making it more likely they would continue to swim SE. When swimming NW, 62% of turns were left
(more than in other directions), which would quickly result in swimming direction changing away from NW. This demonstrates
the larvae knew the direction in which they were swimming and provides insight into how they achieved SE swimming direction.
Although the cues used for orientation are unclear, some possibilities seemingly can be eliminated. Thus, A. curacao larvae near Lizard Island, on average swam into the average current at a speed equivalent to it, could do this for many hours,
and chose different depths in different locations. These behaviours will strongly influence dispersal, and are similar to
behaviour of other settlement-stage pomacentrid larvae that are older and larger. 相似文献
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Nobuo Kokubun Akinori Takahashi Yoshihisa Mori Shinichi Watanabe Hyoung-Chul Shin 《Marine Biology》2010,157(4):811-825
Chinstrap, Pygoscelis antarctica, and gentoo, P. papua, penguins are sympatric species that inhabit the Antarctic Peninsula. To evaluate differences in the foraging habitat of
these two species, we recorded their foraging locations and diving behavior using recently developed GPS-depth data loggers.
The study was conducted on King George Island, Antarctica during the chick-guarding period of both species, from December
2006 to January 2007. The area used for foraging, estimated as the 95% kernel density of dive (>5 m) locations, overlapped
partially between the two species (26.4 and 68.5% of the area overlapped for chinstrap and gentoo penguins, respectively).
However, the core foraging area, estimated as the 50% kernel density, was mostly separate (12.8 and 25.0% of the area overlapped
for chinstrap and gentoo penguins, respectively). Chinstrap penguins tended to use off-shelf (water depth > 200 m) regions
(77% of the locations for dives >5 m), whereas gentoo penguins mainly used on-shelf (water depth < 200 m) areas (71% of dive
locations). The data on foraging locations, diving behavior, and bathymetry indicated that gentoo penguins often performed
benthic dives (28% of dives >5 m), whereas chinstrap penguins almost always used the epipelagic/mid-water layer (96% of dives
>5 m). Diving parameters such as diving bottom duration or diving efficiency differed between the species, reflecting differences
in the use of foraging habitat. The diving parameters also suggested that the on-shelf benthic layer was profitable foraging
habitat for gentoo penguins. Conversely, the relationship between trip duration, date, and stomach content mass suggested
that the chinstrap penguins went further from the colony to forage as the season progressed, possibly reflecting a reduction
in prey availability near the colony. Our results suggest that chinstrap and gentoo penguins segregated their foraging habitat
in the Antarctic coastal marine environment, possibly due to inter- and intra-specific competition for common prey resources. 相似文献
10.
One concept of evolutionary ecology holds that a living fossil is the result of past evolutionary events, and is adapted
to recent selective forces only if they are similar to the selective forces in the past. We describe the present environment
of the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae Smith, 1939 at Grande Comore, western Indian Ocean and report depth-dependent cave distribution, temperature, salinity and
oxygen values which are compared to the fish's distribution and its physiological demands. We studied the activity pattern,
feeding behaviour, prey abundance and hunting success to evaluate possible links between environmental conditions, feeding
ecology and evolutionary success of this ancient fish. Transmitter tracking experiments indicate nocturnal activity of the
piscivorous predator which hunts between approximately 200 m below the surface to 500 m depth. Fish and prey density were
measured between 200 and 400 m, both increase with depth. Feeding tracks and feeding strikes of the coelacanth at various
depths were simulated with the help of video and laser techniques. Along a 9447 m video transect a total of 31 potential feeding
strikes occurred. Assuming 100% hunting success, medium-sized individuals would obtain 122 g and large females 299 g of prey.
Estimates of metabolic rates revealed for females 3.7 ml O2 kg−1 h−1 and for males 4.5 ml O2 kg−1 h−1. Today coelacanths are considered to be a specialist deep-water form and to inhabit, with their ancient morphology, a contemporary
environment where they compete with advanced, modern fish.
Received: 5 July 1999 / Accepted: 11 November 1999 相似文献
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Thomas P. Hurst Clifford H. Ryer Jessica M. Ramsey Scott A. Haines 《Marine Biology》2007,151(3):1087-1098
Despite facing similar constraints imposed by the environment, significant variation in life history traits frequently exists
among species generally considered to comprise a single ecological guild. For juvenile flatfishes, constraints on foraging
activity include variation in light and prey availability, as well as predation risk. This paper describes the visual constraints
on, and divergent foraging strategies of three co-occurring north Pacific flatfish species, northern rock sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra), Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis), and English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus). Visual foraging abilities measured in the laboratory decreased rapidly below 10−4 μmol photons·m−2 s−1, and were similar among species. Despite similar sensory constraints, field sampling in August 2004 at a Kodiak Island nursery
site (Holiday Beach, 57o41.2′ N, 152o27.7′ W) identified species differences in diets, diel foraging patterns, and within-nursery depth distributions. Northern
rock sole and English sole fed primarily on bivalve siphons and polychaetes, whereas mysids dominated the diets of Pacific
halibut. Northern rock sole were geographically the most widespread but feeding activity was temporally restricted to the
dusk period. Pacific halibut were rare in shallow depths (<5 m) and fed most intensively prior to dusk. English sole fed throughout
the daylight hours and were abundant only in the shallowest (<5 m) habitats. These differences in diets, foraging times, and
habitat use appear related to previously documented species-specific behavioral characteristics as well as general spatial
(increasing with depth) and temporal (increasing during foraging activity) variations in predation risk. At one extreme, the
conservative behavioral strategy of northern rock sole may permit use of a broader range of foraging habitats, whereas English
sole may be restricted to shallow water by limited behavioral responses to predation threat. These observations demonstrate
that the appearance of habitat partitioning is not due to differences in sensory ability, but reflects multi-faceted, species-specific
responses to the ecological tradeoffs between foraging and predation risks. 相似文献
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Myong Hwan Sohn Kyung Won Seo Yong Seok Choi Sang Joon Lee Young Sil Kang Yang Soon Kang 《Marine Biology》2011,158(3):561-570
The marine dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides is a harmful and highly motile algal species. To distinguish between the motility characteristics of solitary and chain-forming
cells, the swimming trajectories and speeds of solitary cells and 2- to 8-cell chains of C. polykrikoides were measured using a digital holographic particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) technique. C. polykrikoides cells exhibited helical swimming trajectories similar to other dinoflagellate species. The swimming speed increased as the
number of cells in the chain increased, from an average of 391 μm s−1 (solitary cells) to 856 μm s−1 (8-cell chain). The helix radius R and pitch P also increased as the number of cells in the chain increased. R increased from 9.24 μm (solitary cell) to 20.3 μm (8-cell chain) and P increased from 107 μm (solitary cell) to 164 μm (8-cell chain). The free thrust-generating motion of the transverse flagella
and large drag reduction in the chain-forming cells seemed to increase the swimming speed compared to solitary cells. The
measured swimming speeds agreed with those from field observations. The superior motility of chain-forming C. polykrikoides cells may be an important factor for its bloom, in addition to the factors reported previously. 相似文献
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The effect of irradiance, prey concentration and pH on the growth and grazing responses of the mixotrophic prymnesiophyte
Chrysochromulina ericina under N-and P-replete conditions was studied using the pedinophyte Marsupiomonas pelliculata as prey. The two organisms were inoculated in monocultures and in mixed cultures at different predator: prey ratios at three
irradiances and allowed to grow for 4–7 days. All cultures were non-axenic. Algal densities and pH were monitored throughout
the experiments and growth and grazing rates were measured. An increase in growth of C. ericina cultures at irradiances of 25 and 70 μmol photons m−2 s−1 was observed after the addition of prey, while growth of C. ericina cultures at the high irradiance (150 μmol photons m−2 s−1) was unaffected by the addition of prey. However, although the growth of C. ericina increased at low irradiance (25 μmol photons m−2 s−1), it did not reach the same level as monocultures at the high irradiance (150 μmol photons m−2 s−1), suggesting that phagotrophy can only partly replace photosynthesis in C. ericina. Maximum growth rates of C. ericina at irradiances of 25 and 70 μmol photons m−2 s−1 were obtained at concentrations of > 0.15–0.3×105
M. pelliculata ml−1, corresponding to 50–100 μg C 1−1. Ingestion of M. pelliculata cells by C. ericina did not generally follow Michaelis—Menten kinetics. Deviation from the expected saturation kinetics was especially pronounced
at irradiances of 70 and 150 μmol photons m−2 s−1. At these irradiances ingestion of M. pelliculata cells by C. ericina decreased at high concentrations of M. pelliculata, indicating an increased uptake of bacterial prey in these cultures. The growth rate of C. ericina was affected in both monocultures and in mixed cultures when pH increased above 8.6, and growth stopped around pH 9. The
prey alga M. pelliculata tolerated high pH better and, consequently, took over in the mixed cultures when pH exceeded 9. The ecological significance
of mixotrophy in the genus Chrysochromulina is discussed.
Published online: 4 July 2002 相似文献
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Environmental preferences of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) at the northern extent of its range 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
B. A. Block J. E. Keen B. Castillo H. Dewar E. V. Freund D. J. Marcinek R. W. Brill C. Farwell 《Marine Biology》1997,130(1):119-132
We used acoustic telemetry to examine the small-scale movement patterns of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) in the California Bight at the northern extent of their range. Oceanographic profiles of temperature, oxygen, currents and
fluorometry were used to determine the relationship between movements and environmental features. Three yellowfin tuna (8
to 16 kg) were tracked for 2 to 3 d. All three fish spent the majority of their time above the thermocline (18 to 45 m in
depth) in water temperatures >17.5 °C. In the California Bight, yellowfin tuna have a limited vertical distribution due to
the restriction imposed by temperature. The three fish made periodic short dives below the thermocline (60 to 80 m), encountering
cooler temperatures (>11 °C). When swimming in northern latitudes, the depth of the mixed layer largely defines the spatial
distribution of yellowfin tuna within the water column. Yellowfin prefer to spend most of their time just above the top of
the thermocline. Oxygen profiles indicated that the tunas encountered oceanic water masses that ranged most often from 6.8
to 8.6 mg O2 l−1, indicating no limitation due to oxygen concentrations. The yellowfin tuna traveled at speeds ranging from 0.46 to 0.90 m
s−1 (0.9 to 1.8 knots h−1) and frequently exhibited an oscillatory diving pattern previously suggested to be a possible strategy for conserving energy
during swimming.
Received: 14 February 1997 / Accepted: 14 April 1997 相似文献
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Critical swimming speeds of late-stage coral reef fish larvae: variation within species,among species and between locations 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The swimming abilities of larval fishes are important for their survival, potentially affecting their ability to avoid predators,
obtain food and control dispersal patterns. Near settlement swimming abilities may also influence spatial and temporal patterns
of recruitment. We examined Critical speed (U-crit) swimming ability in late stage larvae of 89 species of coral reef fishes from the Great Barrier Reef and the Caribbean.
Coefficients of variation in U-crit calculated at the individual level were high (28.4%), and this was not explained by differences in size or condition
factor of these same larvae. Among species U-crit ranged from 5.5 cm s−1 to 100.8 cm s−1 (mean=37.3 cm s−1), with 95% of species able to swim faster than the average current speed around Lizard Island, suggesting that most species
should be capable of influencing their spatial and temporal patterns of settlement. Inter-specific differences in swimming
ability (at both the family and species levels) were significantly correlated with size and larval morphology. Correlations
were found between swimming performance and propulsive area, fineness ratio and aspect ratio, and these morphological parameters
may prove useful for predicting swimming ability in other taxa. Overall, the swimming speeds of larvae from the same families
at the two locations were relatively similar, although the Lutjanidae and Acanthuridae from the Caribbean were significantly
slower than those from the great barrier reef. Differences in swimming speed and body form among late stage larvae suggests
that they will respond differently to factors influencing survival and transport during their pelagic phase, as well as habitat
use following settlement. 相似文献
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The aim of our investigations was to determine, via oxygen and carbon-dioxide respirometry, how much energy dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) require when swimming at different speeds. Experiments were conducted on two female bottlenose dolphins (mean mass 162 kg)
in the dolphinarium in Nuremberg Zoo, Germany, between March and August 1997. Animals were stationed in a respiration chamber
for a minimum of 90 s after performing a variety of activities. We measured respiration frequency and oxygen requirements
during (1) resting, (2) swimming at various velocities and (3) leaping to various heights. Resting metabolic rate of our bottlenose
dolphins (2.15 W kg−1) was comparable to previously published data. Metabolic rate in swimming dolphins increased to 2.47 W kg−1 at 2 m s−1, while leaps to 2.2 and 3 m height required a power input of 3.5 and 4 W kg−1, respectively. Transport costs of swimming dolphins were lowest (1.16 J kg−1 m−1, corresponding to 0.12 J N−1 m−1) at a speed of 2.5 m s−1, yielding an optimal range speed of between 1.9 and 3.2 m s−1 (corresponding to minimum cost of transport ±10%). Breathing rates during all experiments correlated very well with oxygen
consumption (r
2 > 0.89) and could be used to derive metabolic rates in unencumbered dolphins at sea.
Received: 18 December 1998 / Accepted: 27 April 1999 相似文献
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Timothée Romuald Cook Frédéric Bailleul Amélie Lescroël Yann Tremblay Charles-André Bost 《Marine Biology》2008,154(2):383-391
Knowing the depth zone of neutral buoyancy of divers is important because buoyancy can determine how animals manage their
energy budget. In this study, we estimate the depth zone of neutral buoyancy of free-ranging cormorants for the first time,
using time-depth recorders. We discovered that vertical ascent rates of 12 Crozet and 15 Kerguelen diving blue-eyed shags
(respectively Phalacrocorax
melanogenis and P.
verrucosus) slowed down considerably at the 50–60 m depth zone. We suggest this was due to birds trying to reach the surface from that
point upwards using reduced locomotor activity because the force of buoyancy becomes greater than the force of gravity at
that depth. The results show a shift of this depth zone in relation to maximum targeted dive depth, suggesting cormorants
may control buoyancy through respiratory air volume adjustment. Interestingly, 60 m is close to the maximum depth zone reached
by these two species during dives lasting 4 min, their estimated behavioural aerobic dive limit. This suggests that the decision
to swim deeper has a direct consequence on the energy budget, with time spent recovering at the surface (time thus lost to
foraging) strongly increasing relative to the preceding time of submergence. Resources found in deeper waters must be of sufficient
quantity or quality to justify crossing the frontier of physical neutral buoyancy. 相似文献
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There is little information on the effort put into foraging by seabirds, even though it is fundamental to many issues in behavioural ecology. Recent researchers have used changes in the underwater cruising speed of penguins to allude to prey ingestion since accelerations are thought to reflect the encounter and pursuit of prey. In this study, we attached minute accelerometers, to determine flipper beat frequency as a proxy for prey pursuit, to Little Penguins Eudyptula minor foraging in shallow waters in Western Australia. During diving, Little Penguins flapped continuously and at a regular pace of 3.16 Hz while descending the water column and throughout the bottom phase of most dives. However, the frequency and amplitude of wingbeats increased transitorily, reaching 3.5–5.5 Hz, during some dives indicating prey pursuit. Pursuit phases lasted a mean of 2.9±3.3 s and occurred principally during the bottom phases of dives (75.4%). Most dives in all birds (86%) had a clear square-shaped depth profile indicating feeding activity near the seabed in the shallow waters of the bays. Hourly maximum depth, time spent underwater, percentage of dives with pursuit events and catch per unit effort showed an overall increase from zero at ca. 0500 h to a maximum during the hours around mid-day before decreasing to zero by 1900 h. During pursuit phases, Little Penguins headed predominantly downward, probably using the seabed to assist them in trapping their prey. In the light of our results, we discuss depth use by Little Penguins and their allocation of foraging effort and prey capture success as a function of environmental conditions. 相似文献
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The shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, is a highly streamlined epipelagic predator that has several anatomical and physiological specializations hypothesized to
increase aerobic swimming performance. A large swim-tunnel respirometer was used to measure oxygen consumption (MO2) in juvenile mako sharks (swimming under controlled temperature and flow conditions) to test the hypothesis that the mako
shark has an elevated maintenance metabolism when compared to other sharks of similar size swimming at the same water temperature.
Specimen collections were conducted off the coast of southern California, USA (32.94°N and 117.37°W) in 2001-2002 at sea-surface
temperatures of 16.0–21.0°C. Swimming MO2 and tail beat frequency (TBF) were measured for nine mako sharks [77–107 cm in total length (TL) and 4.4 to 9.5 kg body mass]
at speeds from 28 to 54 cm s−1 (0.27–0.65 TL s−1) and water temperatures of 16.5–19.5°C. Standard metabolic rate (SMR) was estimated from the extrapolation to 0-velocity
of the linear regression through the LogMO2 and swimming speed data. The estimated LogSMR (±SE) for the pooled data was 2.0937 ± 0.058 or 124 mg O2 kg−1 h−1. The routine metabolic rate (RMR) calculated from seventeen MO2 measurements from all specimens, at all test speeds was (mean ± SE) 344 ± 22 mg O2 kg−1h−1 at 0.44 ± 0.03 TL s−1. The maximum metabolic rate (MMR) measured for any one shark in this study was 541 mg O2 kg−1h−1 at 54 cm s−1 (0.65 TL s−1). The mean (±SE) TBF for 39 observations of steady swimming at all test speeds was 1.00 ± 0.01 Hz, which agrees with field
observations of 1.03 ± 0.03 Hz in four undisturbed free-swimming mako sharks observed during the same time period. These findings
suggest that the estimate of SMR for juvenile makos is comparable to that recorded for other similar-sized, ram-ventilating
shark species (when corrected for differences in experimental temperature). However, the mako RMR and MMR are apparently among
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20.
Seasonally breeding predators, which are limited in the time available for provisioning young at a central location, and
by the fasting abilities of the young, are likely to maximize energy delivery to the young by maximizing the rate of energy
delivery averaged over the whole period of investment. Reduction in food availability or increased foraging costs will alter
the optimal behavior of individuals. This study examined the behavioral adaptations of a diving predator, the Antarctic fur
seal, to increased foraging costs during lactation. One group of mothers (n=5, treatment) was fitted with additional drag to increase the cost of transport in comparison with a control group (n=8). At the scales of the individual dives, the treatment group made more shorter, shallower (< 30 m) dives. Compensation for
slower swimming speeds was achieved by diving at a steeper angle. Overall, diving behavior conformed to several specific theoretical
predictions but there were also departures from theory, particularly concerning swimming speed during diving. Diving behavior
appears to be adjusted to maximize the proportion of time spent at the bottom of dives. At the scale of diving bouts, no difference
was observed between the treatment and control groups in terms of the frequency and duration of bouts and there was also no
difference between the two groups in terms of the proportion of time spent diving. At the scale of complete foraging cycles,
time taken to return to the pup was significantly longer in the treatment group but there was no difference in the rate of
delivery of energy (measured from pup growth rate) to the pups in each group. Since mothers in the treatment group did not
use significantly more body reserves, we conclude that behavioral adjustments at the scale of individual dives allowed mothers
in the treatment group to compensate for the additional foraging costs. Pup growth rate appears to be less sensitive to the
foraging conditions experienced by mothers than foraging trip duration.
Received: 14 June 1996 / Accepted after revision: 16 November 1996 相似文献