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From the 1980s, Mediterranean shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii have become regular summer visitors in the Gulf of Trieste (N-E Italy), as post-breeding movements from Croatian breeding
colonies. To characterize such a recent habit and to explore diving optimality models, we investigate foraging strategies
and diving patterns at different depths, during breeding and post-breeding seasons. Behavioural data were cross-checked with
the species’ diet. Shags foraged on and close to the sea bed, with a prevalent anticipatory breathing strategy. In the Gulf
of Trieste, the shallow depths and low mobility of prey allowed shags to use just the oxygen of the respiratory tract, reducing
the physiological stress for diving. In Croatia, dive costs increased with depth and prey mobility, resulting in a higher
oxygen expenditure that involved also respiratory stores. Such ecological and physiological aspects characterize the Gulf
of Trieste as an optimal area for feeding and restoring from the costs of breeding season incurred in Croatia and could be
the basis of these post-breeding movements. 相似文献
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Carey E. Kuhn 《Marine Biology》2011,158(3):649-663
In the heterogeneous marine environment, predators can increase foraging success by targeting physical oceanographic features,
which often aggregate prey. For northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus), two prevalent oceanographic features characterize foraging areas during summer in the Bering Sea: a stable thermocline
and a subsurface “cold pool”. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of these features on foraging behavior
by equipping fur seals from St. Paul Island (Alaska, USA) with time-depth recorders that also measured water temperature.
Foraging bout variables (e.g., mean dive depth and percent time diving in a bout) were compared with respect to subsurface
thermal characteristics (thermocline presence and strength and cold pool presence). Over 74% of bouts occurred in association
with strong thermoclines (temperature change > 5°C). Few differences were found for dive behavior in relation to the presence
of a thermocline and the cold pool, but for epipelagic bouts, a strong thermocline resulted in increased bottom times, number
of dive wiggles, and percent time diving when compared to moderate thermoclines. There was also a positive relationship between
mean dive depth and thermocline depth. The combination of increasing foraging effort in areas with strong thermoclines and
diving to depths closely related to the thermocline indicates this feature is important foraging habitat for northern fur
seals and may act to concentrate prey and increase foraging success. By recognizing the environmental features northern fur
seals use to find prey, managers will be better equipped to identify and protect foraging habitat that is important to northern
fur seals, and possibly other marine predators in the Bering Sea. 相似文献
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How energy costs affect foraging decisions is poorly understood for marine animals. To provide data relevant to this topic,
we examined the relationship between activity levels and foraging behavior by attaching activity recorders to 29 chick-rearing
wing-propelled diving birds (thick-billed murres, Uria lomvia) in 1999–2000. We connected the activity during the final dive bout with the prey item we observed being fed to the chicks.
After accounting for changes in activity level with depth, activity was highest during the final dive of a dive bout, reflecting
maneuvring during prey capture. Pelagic prey items, especially invertebrates (amphipods), were associated with higher depth-corrected
activity, leading to shorter dives for a given depth (presumably due to higher oxygen consumption rates) and, thus, shorter
search times (lower bottom time for a given depth). Pelagic prey items were likely captured during active pursuit, with the
birds actively seeking and pursuing schooling mid-water prey. In contrast, benthic prey involved low activity and extended
search times, suggesting that the birds slowly glided along the bottom in search for prey hidden in the sediments or rocks.
We concluded that activity levels are important in determining the foraging tactics of marine predators.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 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
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Jamie N. Womble Gail M. Blundell Scott M. Gende Markus Horning Michael F. Sigler David J. Csepp 《Marine Biology》2014,161(6):1361-1374
Foraging theory predicts that animals will adjust their foraging behavior in order to maximize net energy intake and that trade-offs may exist that can influence their behavior. Although substantial advances have been made with respect to the foraging ecology of large marine predators, there is still a limited understanding of how predators respond to temporal and spatial variability in prey resources, primarily due to a lack of empirical studies that quantify foraging and diving behavior concurrently with characteristics of prey fields. Such information is important because changes in prey availability can influence the foraging success and ultimately fitness of marine predators. We assessed the diving behavior of juvenile female harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) and prey fields near glacial ice and terrestrial haulout sites in Glacier Bay (58°40′N, ?136°05′W), Alaska. Harbor seals captured at glacial ice sites dived deeper, had longer dive durations, lower percent bottom time, and generally traveled further to forage. The increased diving effort for seals from the glacial ice site corresponded to lower prey densities and prey at deeper depths at the glacial ice site. In contrast, seals captured at terrestrial sites dived shallower, had shorter dive durations, higher percent bottom time, and traveled shorter distances to access foraging areas with much higher prey densities at shallower depths. The increased diving effort for seals from glacial ice sites suggests that the lower relative availability of prey may be offset by other factors, such as the stability of the glacial ice as a resting platform and as a refuge from predation. We provide evidence of differences in prey accessibility for seals associated with glacial ice and terrestrial habitats and suggest that seals may balance trade-offs between the costs and benefits of using these habitats. 相似文献
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Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua show considerable plasticity in their diet, diving, and foraging behaviors among colonies; we expected that they might exhibit
similar variability over time, at a single site, since flexible foraging habits would provide a buffer against changes in
prey availability. We examined interannual changes in the foraging strategies and diet of gentoo penguins in the South Shetland
Islands, Antarctica, over 5 years with variable prey abundance. Antarctic krill Euphausia superba was the primary diet item, and fish the secondary, though the importance of these items varied among years. Diving behavior
also varied over time: different dive depth distributions were observed among years. Nonetheless, chick-rearing success remained
relatively constant, indicating that gentoo penguins were able to maintain chick provisioning by altering their foraging strategy
among years. Variable abundance of krill in the region did not have observable impacts on the diet, foraging behaviors or
chick-rearing success of gentoo penguins. We suggest that foraging plasticity may be one reason that gentoo penguin populations
have remained stable in the region, while their congeners (P. antarctica and P. adeliae) with less flexible foraging strategies have declined. 相似文献
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Trevor McIntyre Horst Bornemann Joachim Plötz Cheryl A. Tosh Marthán N. Bester 《Marine Biology》2011,158(9):2125-2139
The at-sea behaviour of marine top predators provides valuable insights into the distribution of prey species and strategies
used by predators to exploit patchily distributed resources. We describe the water column usage and dive strategies of female
southern elephant seals from Marion Island tracked between 2004 and 2008. Dives representing increases in forage effort were
identified using a method that combines dive type analyses and the calculation of relative amounts of time that animals spend
in the bottom phases of dives. Results from this analysis indicate that female elephant seals from Marion Island tend to display
lower levels of forage effort closer to the island and display intensive opportunistic forage bouts that occur at a minimum
distance of approximately 215 km from the island. Females from Marion Island dived deeper and for longer periods of time,
compared to females from other populations. Most animals displayed positive diel vertical migration, evidently foraging pelagically
on vertically migrating prey. A few animals displayed periods of reverse (negative) diel vertical migration, however, diving
to deeper depths at night, compared to daytime. This behaviour is difficult to explain and prey species targeted during such
periods unknown. Our results illustrate plasticity in foraging behaviour of southern elephant seals, as well as inter-population
differences in forage strategies. 相似文献
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Penguins may exhibit plasticity in their diving and foraging behaviors in response to changes in prey availability. Chinstrap
penguins are dependent predators of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea region, but krill populations have fluctuated in recent
years. We examined the diet of chinstrap penguins at Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, in relation to their diving
and foraging behavior using time-depth recorders over six breeding seasons: 2002–2007. When krill were smaller, more chinstrap
penguins consumed fish. In these years, chinstrap penguins often exhibited a shift to deep dives after sundown, and then resumed
a shallower pattern at sunrise. These night dives were unexpectedly deep (up to 110 m) and mean night dive depths sometimes
exceeded those from the daytime. The average size of krill in each year was negatively correlated to mean night dive depths
and the proportion of foraging trips taken overnight. Based on these patterns, we suggest that when krill were small, penguins
increasingly targeted myctophid fish. The average krill size was negatively correlated to the time chinstrap penguins spent
foraging which suggests that foraging on smaller krill and fish incurred a cost: more time was spent at sea foraging. 相似文献
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Most marine fishes undergo a pelagic larval phase, the early life history stage that is often associated with a high rate
of mortality due to starvation and predation. We present the first study that examines the effects of prey swimming behavior
on prey-capture kinematics in marine fish larvae. Using a digital high-speed video camera, we recorded the swimming velocity
of zooplankton prey (Artemia franciscana, Brachionus rotundiformis, a ciliate species, and two species of copepods) and the feeding behavior of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae. From the video recordings we measured: (1) zooplankton swimming velocity in the absence of a red drum larva; (2)
zooplankton swimming velocity in the presence of a red drum larva; and (3) the excursion and timing of key kinematic events
during prey capture in red drum larvae. Two-way ANOVA revealed that: (1) swimming velocity varied among zooplankton prey;
and (2) all zooplankton prey, except rotifers and ciliates, increased their swimming velocity in the presence of a red drum
larva. The kinematics of prey capture differed between two developmental stages in S. ocellatus larvae. Hyoid-stage larvae (3–14 days old) fed on slow swimming B. rotundiformis (rotifers) while hyoid-opercular stage larvae (15 days and older) ate fast moving A. franciscana. Hyoid-opercular stage red drum larvae had a larger gape, hyoid depression and lower jaw angle, and a longer gape cycle duration
relative to their hyoid-stage conspecifics. Interestingly, the feeding repertoire within either stage of red drum development
was not affected by prey type. Knowledge of the direct relationship between fish larvae and their prey aids in our understanding
of optimal foraging strategies and of the sources of mortality in marine fish larvae. 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
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Sebastián P. Luque John P. Y. Arnould Edward H. Miller Yves Cherel Christophe Guinet 《Marine Biology》2007,152(1):213-224
The duration of periods spent ashore versus foraging at sea, diving behaviour, and diet of lactating female Antarctic (Arctocephalus gazella, AFS) and subantarctic (A. tropicalis, SFS) fur seals were compared at Iles Crozet, where both species coexist. The large disparity in lactation duration (SFS:
10 months, AFS: 4 months), even under local sympatry, has led to the expectation that AFS should exhibit higher foraging effort
or efficiency per unit time than SFS to allow them to wean their pups in a shorter period of time. Previous evidence, however,
has not supported these expectations. In this study, the distribution of foraging trip durations revealed two types of trips:
overnight (OFT, <1 day) and long (LFT, >1 day), in common with other results from Macquarie Island. However, diving behaviour
differed significantly between foraging trip types, with greater diving effort in OFTs than in LFTs, and diving behaviour
differed between fur seal species. OFTs were more frequent in SFS (48%) than in AFS (28%). SFS performed longer LFTs and maternal
attendances than AFS, but spent a smaller proportion of their foraging cycle at sea (66.2 vs. 77.5%, respectively). SFS dove
deeper and for longer periods than AFS, in both OFTs and LFTs, although indices of diving effort were similar between species.
Diel variation in diving behaviour was lower among SFS, which foraged at greater depths during most of the night time available
than AFS. The diving behaviour of AFS suggests they followed the nychthemeral migration of their prey more closely. Concomitant
with the differences in diving behaviour, AFS and SFS fed on the same prey species, but in different proportions of three
myctophid fish (Gymnoscopelus fraseri, G. piabilis, and G. nicholsi) that represented most of their diet. The estimated size of the most important fish consumed did not vary significantly between
fur seal species, suggesting that the difference in dive depth was mostly a result of changes in the relative abundance of
these myctophids. The energy content of these fish at Iles Crozet may thus influence the amount and quality of milk delivered
to pups of each fur seal species. These results contrast with those found at other sites where both species coexist, and revealed
a scale of variation in foraging behaviour which did not affect their effort while at sea, but that may be a major determinant
of foraging efficiency and, consequently, maternal investment. 相似文献
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Iain C. Field Corey J. A. Bradshaw John van den Hoff Harry R. Burton Mark A. Hindell 《Marine Biology》2007,150(6):1441-1452
Southern elephant seals are important apex predators in a highly variable and unpredictable marine environment. In the presence
of resource limitation, foraging behaviours evolve to reduce intra-specific competition increasing a species’ overall probability
of successful foraging. We examined the diet of 141 (aged 1–3 years) juvenile southern elephant seals to test the hypotheses
that differences between ages, sexes and seasons in diet structure occur. We described prey species composition for common
squid and fish species and the mean size of cephalopod prey items for these age groups. Three cephalopod species dominated
the stomach samples, Alluroteuthis antarcticus, Histioteuthis eltaninae and Slosarczykovia circumantarcticus. We found age-related differences in both species composition and size of larger prey species that probably relate to ontogenetic
changes in diving ability and haul-out behaviour and prey availability. These changes in foraging behaviour and diet are hypothesised
to reduce intra-specific food competition concomitant with the increase in foraging niche of growing juveniles. 相似文献
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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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I. J. Staniland N. Gales N. L. Warren S. L. Robinson S. D. Goldsworthy R. M. Casper 《Marine Biology》2010,157(11):2383-2396
Foragers show adaptive responses to changes within their environment, and such behavioural plasticity can be a significant
driving force in speciation. We investigated how lactating Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, adapt their foraging within two contrasting ecosystems. Location and diving data were collected concurrently, between December
2003 and February 2004, from 43 seals at Bird Island, where krill, Euphausia superba, are the main prey, and 39 at Heard Island, where mostly fish are consumed. Seals at Heard Island were shorter and lighter
than those at Bird Island and they spent longer at sea, dived more frequently and spent more time in the bottom phase of dives.
Generalized additive mixed effects models showed that diving behaviours differed between the islands. Both populations exploited
diel vertically migrating prey species but, on average, Heard Island seals dived deeper and exceeded their estimated aerobic
dive limits. We propose that the recovery of the Heard Island population may be limited by the relative inaccessibility and
scarcity of food, whereas at Bird Island, the presence of abundant krill resources helps sustain extremely high numbers of
seals, even with increased intra- and inter-specific competition. Both populations of fur seals appear to be constrained by
their physiological limits, in terms of their optimal diving behaviour. However, there does appear to be some flexibility
in strategy at the level of trip with animals adjusting their time at sea and foraging effort, in order to maximize the rate
of delivery of energy to their pups. 相似文献
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Akiko Shoji Ellie Owen Mark Bolton Ben Dean Holly Kirk Annette Fayet Dave Boyle Robin Freeman Chris Perrins Stéphane Aris-Brosou Tim Guilford 《Marine Biology》2014,161(9):2121-2129
How central-place foragers change search strategy in response to environmental conditions is poorly known. Foragers may vary the total distance travelled and how far they range from the central place in response to variation in the distribution of their prey. One potential reason as to why they would extend the length of their foraging trip and its distance from the colony would be to increase prey quality or quantity, despite incurring higher transit costs. To test this trade-off hypothesis in a species with high flight costs, we recorded the foraging behaviour of razorbills (Alca torca) using state-of-the-art techniques that log both individual horizontal (flight activity) and vertical (dive activity) movements. We show that the distance that razorbills travelled to foraging locations increased with sea-surface temperature, which may relate to higher prey quality or quantity. This relation is supported by an indirect index of patch quality, based on dive profiles, which also increased with travel distance from the colony. Furthermore, we show that this index was highest during the daily peak in diving activity, around midday. Taken together, these results suggest that razorbills are capable of adjusting their search strategies sensitively in response to proximate environmental cues. 相似文献
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Contrasting conditions at-sea are likely to affect the foraging behaviour of seabirds. However, the effect of season on the dive parameters of penguins is poorly known. We report here on an extensive study of the diving behaviour of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) over the bird's complete annual cycle at the Crozet Islands. Time-depth recorders were used to record dive duration, bottom duration, post-dive interval, ascent rate and descent rate in breeding adults during different seasons in 1995 and 1996. Seasons included summer (n=6, incubation; n=6, chick brooding), autumn and winter (n=5 and n=3, respectively, chick at the crèche stage), and spring (n=4, birds at the post-moult stage). In all seasons dive duration increased with dive depth, but, for a given depth, dives were longer in winter (6.8 min when averaged over the 100-210 m depth layer) than in spring (4.6 min) and summer (4.4 min). The time spent at the bottom of the dives, which probably represents a substantial part of the feeding time, was much longer in winter (2.5 min per dive for dives over the 100-210 m layer) than during other seasons (1.0-1.4 min), i.e. there was a 2.5-fold augmentation for similar diving depths. Ascent and descent rates increased with increasing dive depth, but no difference in the relationships between rates of ascent and descent and dive depth was found among seasons. Furthermore, for all dive depths, ascent and descent rates were independent of the bottom duration. In all seasons post-dive intervals increased with dive duration and with dive depth, but they were longer in spring (2.3 min for dives over the 100-210 m layer) and summer than in autumn and winter (1.6-1.8 min). The diving efficiency decreased with increasing dive depth and was higher in autumn and winter (0.22-0.29) than in summer and spring (0.15-0.18). The large increase in bottom and dive duration from spring to winter is in agreement with the seasonal drop in prey density, with penguins spending more time searching for prey. In contrast, the consistency of the vertical velocity during contrasting conditions at-sea suggests that the transit time to depth is an important component of the foraging behaviour (scanning of the water column) that is independent of the prey availability. The time budget of the penguins during diving in a fluctuating environment appears to vary primarily during the bottom phase of the dives, with bottom duration increasing with diminishing prey supplies, while post-dive intervals shorten in the same time. 相似文献
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Edna González-Bernal Gregory P. Brown Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán Richard Shine 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2011,65(7):1367-1375
The foraging sites selected by an ambush forager can strongly affect its feeding opportunities. Foraging cane toads (Rhinella marina) typically select open areas, often under artificial lights that attract insects. We conducted experimental trials in the
field, using rubber mats placed under lights, to explore the influence of substrate color and rugosity on prey availability
(numbers, sizes, and types of insects) and toad foraging success. A mat's color (black vs. white) and rugosity (smooth vs.
rough) did not influence the numbers, sizes, or kinds of insects that were attracted to it, but toads actively preferred to
feed on rugose white mats (50% of prey-capture events, vs. a null of 25%). White backgrounds provided better visual contrast
of the (mostly dark) insects, and manipulations of prey color in the laboratory showed that contrast was critical in toad
foraging success. Insects landing on rugose backgrounds were slower to leave, again increasing capture opportunities for toads.
Thus, cane toads actively select backgrounds that maximize prey-capture opportunities, a bias driven by the ways that substrate
attributes influence ease of prey detection and capture rather than by absolute prey densities. 相似文献
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Sixty-eight yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, (60-135 cm fork length) were caught and released with implanted archival tags offshore off Baja California, Mexico, during
October 2002 and October 2003. Thirty-six fish (53%) were recaptured and the data were downloaded from all 36 recovered tags.
Time at liberty ranged from 9 to 1,161 days, and the data were analyzed for the 20 fish that were at liberty for 154 or more
days. The accuracy in the position estimates, derived from light-level longitude data and sea-surface temperatures (SSTs)
based latitude, is about 0.41° in longitude and 0.82° in latitude, in this region. The movement paths, derived from position
estimates, for the 20 yellowfin indicated that 19 (95%) remained within 1,445 km of their release locations. The estimated
mean velocity along movement paths was 77 km/day. The southern and northern seasonal movement paths observed for yellowfin
off Baja California are influenced by the seasonal movements of the 18°C SST isotherm. Cyclical movements to and from suitable
spawning habitat (≥24°C SST) was observed only for mature fish. For the 12 fish that demonstrated site fidelity, the mean
95 and 50% utilization distributions were 258,730 km2 and 41,260 km2, respectively. Evaluations of the timed depth records resulted in discrimination of four distinct behaviors. When exhibiting
type-1 diving behavior (78.1% of all days at liberty) the fish remained at depths less than 50 m at night and did not dive
to depths greater than about 100 m during the day. Type-2 diving behavior (21.2% of all days at liberty) was characterized
by ten or more dives in excess of 150 m during the day. Type-2 diving behavior is apparently a foraging strategy for fish
targeting prey organisms of the deep-scattering layer during the day, following nighttime foraging within the mixed layer
on the same prey. Yellowfin tuna exhibited occasional deep-diving behavior, and some dives exceeded 1,000 m, where ambient
temperatures were less than 5°C. Surface-oriented behavior, defined as the time fish remained at depths less than 10 m for
more than 10 min, were evaluated. The mean number and duration of surface-oriented events per day for all fish was 14.3 and
28.5 min, respectively. Habitat utilization of yellowfin, presented as monthly composite horizontal and vertical distributions,
indicates confined geographical distributions, apparently resulting from an affinity to an area of high prey availability.
The vertical distributions indicate greater daytime depths in relation to a seasonally deeper mixed layer and a greater proportion
of daytime at shallower depths in relation to a seasonally shallower mixed layer. 相似文献
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Klemens Pütz Andrea Raya Rey Nic Huin Adrian Schiavini Andrea Pütz Bernhard H. Lüthi 《Marine Biology》2006,149(2):125-137
The diving behaviour of southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes c. chrysocome) was studied at two breeding sites in the Southwest Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Staten Island, Argentina. Incubating and brooding birds were equipped with time-depth recorders to monitor their foraging activities. Rockhopper penguins from Staten Island started their breeding season about 3 weeks earlier than their conspecifics from the Falkland Islands. The foraging area used by incubating males from the Falkland Islands comprised about 150,000 km² to the northeast of the breeding site and was characterised by shelf and slope waters, whereas the foraging area of incubating males from Staten Island comprised 350,000 km² of oceanic waters to the southeast of the breeding site. A number of dive parameters were measured and compared between the four study groups: Incubating males and brooding females from the Falkland Islands, and incubating males and females from Staten Island. In all study groups, dive depth correlated positively to light intensity, dive duration and vertical velocity. However, significant differences between various diving parameters of the study groups were noted, not only in terms of diving performance, but also as regards diving efficiency (DE). A principal component analysis (PCA) on 16 variables revealed that 75% of the variance could be explained by only two principal components: diving pattern (PC1) and diving effort (PC2). PC1 indicated that the birds from Staten Island, both males and females, dived deeper, covered a greater vertical distance per hour and had higher ascent rates, but spent less time underwater and at the bottom of a dive, and had a lower DE than conspecifics from the Falkland Islands. PC2, which included the percentage of foraging dives, the number of dives per hour, dive duration, bottom time and descent rate, differed significantly between incubating males from the Falkland Islands and the other three groups, which were all very similar. Overall, the diving behaviour was notably similar to that of conspecifics from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The implications of the results in terms of intra-specific adaptations as well as potential threats from human activities are discussed. 相似文献
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Stefan Garthe William A. Montevecchi Gilles Chapdelaine Jean-Francois Rail April Hedd 《Marine Biology》2007,151(2):687-694
In order to forage and to provision offspring effectively, seabirds negotiate a complex of behavioural, energetic, environmental
and social constraints. In first tests of GPS loggers with seabirds in North America, we investigated the foraging tactics
of free-ranging northern gannets (Sula bassana) at a large and a medium-sized colony that differed in oceanography, coastal position and prey fields. Gannets at Low Arctic
colony (Funk Island) 50 km off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, Canada provisioned chicks almost entirely with small forage
fish (capelin Mallotus villosus, 89%), while at boreal colony (Bonaventure Island) 3 km from shore in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, large pelagic
fish dominated parental prey loads (Atlantic mackerel Scomber scombrus 50%, Atlantic herring Clupea harengus 33%). Mean foraging range and the total distance travelled per foraging trip were significantly greater at the larger inshore
colony (Bonaventure) than at the smaller offshore colony (Funk Island; 138 and 452 km vs. 64 and 196 km, respectively). Gannets
from Funk Island consistently travelled inshore to forage on reproductive capelin shoals near the coast, whereas foraging
flights of birds from Bonaventure were much more variable in direction and destination. Birds from the Low Arctic colony foraged
in colder sea surface water than did birds from the boreal colony, and dive characteristics differed between colonies, which
is concordent with the difference in prey base. Differences between the colonies reflect oceanographic and colony-size influences
on prey fields that shape individual foraging tactics and in turn generate higher level colony-specific foraging “strategies”. 相似文献