The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata
Abstract Satellite transmitters were attached to eight adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata Gould captured during the early incubation period at their breeding grounds on Inaccessible Island, one of the Tristan da Cunha Islands in the central South Atlantic Ocean. Data on their at-sea...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102013000266 2024-10-13T14:03:32+00:00 The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata Reid, Tim A. Ronconi, Robert A. Cuthbert, Richard J. Ryan, Peter G. 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000266 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102013000266 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 26, issue 1, page 23-32 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2013 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102013000266 2024-09-18T04:02:42Z Abstract Satellite transmitters were attached to eight adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata Gould captured during the early incubation period at their breeding grounds on Inaccessible Island, one of the Tristan da Cunha Islands in the central South Atlantic Ocean. Data on their at-sea distribution was obtained for up to six months. All birds remained within the South Atlantic from 24–44°S, with most between 25 and 40°S. Breeding birds mainly foraged in oceanic waters, but failed breeders or non-breeders concentrated their foraging activity over the Rio Grande Rise and the Walvis Ridge and along the shelf break off the east coast of South America. Little foraging occurred along the Benguela shelf break off southern Africa. Non-breeders favoured relatively warm water with low chlorophyll concentrations, reducing the risk of bycatch in fisheries. Tracked birds spent 16% of their time in areas with high levels of tuna longline fishing activity, with overlap greater for non-breeding birds (22%) than breeding birds (3%). Birds in this study foraged in shallower waters along the continental shelf edge off South America than spectacled petrels tracked in this area in winter, potentially increasing their risk of exposure to demersal longline fisheries in this area in summer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarctic Science Inaccessible Island South Atlantic Ocean Cambridge University Press Tristan ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) Inaccessible Island ENVELOPE(166.350,166.350,-77.650,-77.650) Antarctic Science 26 1 23 32 |
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Abstract Satellite transmitters were attached to eight adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata Gould captured during the early incubation period at their breeding grounds on Inaccessible Island, one of the Tristan da Cunha Islands in the central South Atlantic Ocean. Data on their at-sea distribution was obtained for up to six months. All birds remained within the South Atlantic from 24–44°S, with most between 25 and 40°S. Breeding birds mainly foraged in oceanic waters, but failed breeders or non-breeders concentrated their foraging activity over the Rio Grande Rise and the Walvis Ridge and along the shelf break off the east coast of South America. Little foraging occurred along the Benguela shelf break off southern Africa. Non-breeders favoured relatively warm water with low chlorophyll concentrations, reducing the risk of bycatch in fisheries. Tracked birds spent 16% of their time in areas with high levels of tuna longline fishing activity, with overlap greater for non-breeding birds (22%) than breeding birds (3%). Birds in this study foraged in shallower waters along the continental shelf edge off South America than spectacled petrels tracked in this area in winter, potentially increasing their risk of exposure to demersal longline fisheries in this area in summer. |
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Reid, Tim A. Ronconi, Robert A. Cuthbert, Richard J. Ryan, Peter G. The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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Reid, Tim A. Ronconi, Robert A. Cuthbert, Richard J. Ryan, Peter G. |
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The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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The summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels Procellaria conspicillata |
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summer foraging ranges of adult spectacled petrels procellaria conspicillata |
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ENVELOPE(140.900,140.900,-66.735,-66.735) ENVELOPE(166.350,166.350,-77.650,-77.650) |
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Antarctic Science Inaccessible Island South Atlantic Ocean |
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