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Coexistence of oceanic predators on wintering areas explained by population-scale foraging segregation in space or time 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Ecological niche theory predicts segregation mechanisms that mitigate potential competition between closely related organisms. However, little is known outside the breeding season, when central-place foraging animals may move on larger scales. This study tested for segregation mechanisms within the same 2007 inter-breeding period on three neighboring populations of avian predators from the southern Indian Ocean: Eastern Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes filholi from Crozet and Kerguelen and Northern Rockhopper Penguins E. moseleyi from Amsterdam. Using state-of-the-art geolocation tracking and stable isotope analysis techniques, we quantified and compared the ecological niches in time, space, and diet. The three populations showed large-scale movements over deep oceanic waters near the Subantarctic Front, with generally little individual variation. The two neighboring populations of Eastern Rockhopper Penguins showed strikingly distinct distribution in space, while foraging in similar habitats and at the same trophic level (crustacean-eaters). In contrast, Northern Rockhoppers showed marked spatial overlap with birds of the sibling Eastern species, but their temporal delay of two months enabled them to effectively avoid significant overlap. Our results highlight parsimonious mechanisms of resource partitioning operating at the population level that may explain how animals from neighboring localities can coexist during the nonbreeding period. 相似文献
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Y. Ropert-Coudert J. Baudat M. Kurita C.-A. Bost A. Kato Y. Le Maho Y. Naito 《Marine Biology》2000,137(5-6):1105-1110
The efficiency of oesophagus and stomach temperature loggers to detect ingestion of prey items was studied in captive Adélie
penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) fed on land in Antarctica and in an aquarium in Japan. On land, the detection rate was studied for different masses of prey
delivered at various frequencies, while in the pool the delay between capture and swallowing was investigated. The rate at
which food items were detected and the magnitude of the temperature drops induced were higher in the oesophagus than in the
stomach. Where small food items were delivered at a high frequency, birds collected prey items in the beak before swallowing
them. Thus, oesophagus sensors may underestimate the number of prey swallowed if the system is used in the wild. In the oesophagus
temperature recordings, the magnitude of drops was weakly, but positively, correlated to the mass of single, ingested prey
(R
2=0.40).
Received: 24 April 2000 / Accepted: 20 September 2000 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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Infiltration and reinjection of treated groundwater have been used to increase the recovery of pesticide-related constituents at a pesticide formulation plant that produces consumer pesticide products. The stratigraphy at the site consists of silty and sandy clay deposits overlying a shallow silt, sand, and gravel aquifer. The groundwater and soils in two areas in the northwest portion of the property have been identified as being significantly affected by pesticide and pesticide-related compounds. An integrated system of soil removal, recovery wells, injection wells, an infiltration gallery, and a cut-off wall was selected as the best remedial alternative. Groundwater modeling, column tests, biological jar tests, and a pilot test demonstrated the feasibility of the system. The affected groundwater is treated to drinking-water quality by a system of filtering and carbon adsorption. Approximately 75 percent of the treated water is reinjected or allowed to infiltrate through the vadose zone, and the remainder is discharged to the local sewer system. Initially, the system was effective in removing the dissolved, suspended, and weakly adsorbed constituents. Subsequently, the recovery rate of the chemical constituents became dependent on chemical and physical processes related to the presence of residual amounts of dense, nonaqueous phase liquids and the clay content of the strata. The rate of pesticide recovery has decreased because of the retarding effect of the clay and the low solubility of the pesticides. 相似文献