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POLAR BIOLOGY
卷 34, 期 1, 页码 49-67出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0858-0
关键词
Adelie penguin; Foraging; Intra-seasonal competition; Pack ice; Antarctic krill; Antarctic silverfish
资金
- US Adelie Penguin Program [B031]
- New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology [C09X0510]
- Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation [OPP 0125608, 0440643]
We investigated intra-seasonal variation in foraging behavior of chick-rearing Ad,lie penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, during two consecutive summers at Cape Hallett, northwestern Ross Sea. Although foraging behavior of this species has been extensively studied throughout the broad continental shelf region of the Ross Sea, this is the first study to report foraging behaviors and habitat affiliations among birds occupying continental slope waters. Continental slope habitat supports the greatest abundances of this species throughout its range, but we lack information about how intra-specific competition for prey might affect foraging and at-sea distribution and how these attributes compare with previous Ross Sea studies. Foraging trips increased in both distance and duration as breeding advanced from guard to crSche stage, but foraging dive depth, dive rates, and vertical dive distances travelled per hour decreased. Consistent with previous studies within slope habitats elsewhere in Antarctic waters, Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) dominated chick meal composition, but fish increased four-fold from guard to crSche stages. Foraging-, focal-, and core areas all doubled during the crSche stage as individuals shifted distribution in a southeasterly direction away from the coast while simultaneously becoming more widely dispersed (i.e., less spatial overlap among individuals). Intra-specific competition for prey among Ad,lie penguins appears to influence foraging behavior of this species, even in food webs dominated by Antarctic krill.
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