Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle
The relationship between the environment and marine animal small-scale behavior is not fully understood. This is largely due to the difficulty in obtaining environmental datasets with a high spatiotemporal precision. The problem is particularly pertinent in assessing the influence of environmental f...
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crelifesciences:10.7554/elife.87016 2023-11-12T04:27:52+01:00 Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle Uesaka, Leo Goto, Yusuke Naruoka, Masaru Weimerskirch, Henri Sato, Katsufumi Sakamoto, Kentaro Q Japan Science and Technology Agency Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan Science Society European Research Council European Research Council Polar Institute Paul-Emile Victor 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.87016 https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/87016/elife-87016-v1.pdf https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/87016/elife-87016-v1.xml https://elifesciences.org/articles/87016 en eng eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ eLife volume 12 ISSN 2050-084X General Immunology and Microbiology General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology General Medicine General Neuroscience journal-article 2023 crelifesciences https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.87016 2023-10-16T09:11:07Z The relationship between the environment and marine animal small-scale behavior is not fully understood. This is largely due to the difficulty in obtaining environmental datasets with a high spatiotemporal precision. The problem is particularly pertinent in assessing the influence of environmental factors in rapid, high energy-consuming behavior such as seabird take-off. To fill the gaps in the existing environmental datasets, we employed novel techniques using animal-borne sensors with motion records to estimate wind and ocean wave parameters and evaluated their influence on wandering albatross take-off patterns. Measurements revealed that wind speed and wave heights experienced by wandering albatrosses during take-off ranged from 0.7 to 15.4 m/s and 1.6 to 6.4 m, respectively. The four indices measured (flapping number, frequency, sea surface running speed, and duration) also varied with the environmental conditions (e.g., flapping number varied from 0 to over 20). Importantly, take-off was easier under higher wave conditions than under lower wave conditions at a constant wind speed, and take-off effort increased only when both wind and waves were gentle. Our data suggest that both ocean waves and winds play important roles for albatross take-off and advances our current understanding of albatross flight mechanisms. Article in Journal/Newspaper Wandering Albatross eLife (E-Journal - via Crossref) eLife 12 |
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The relationship between the environment and marine animal small-scale behavior is not fully understood. This is largely due to the difficulty in obtaining environmental datasets with a high spatiotemporal precision. The problem is particularly pertinent in assessing the influence of environmental factors in rapid, high energy-consuming behavior such as seabird take-off. To fill the gaps in the existing environmental datasets, we employed novel techniques using animal-borne sensors with motion records to estimate wind and ocean wave parameters and evaluated their influence on wandering albatross take-off patterns. Measurements revealed that wind speed and wave heights experienced by wandering albatrosses during take-off ranged from 0.7 to 15.4 m/s and 1.6 to 6.4 m, respectively. The four indices measured (flapping number, frequency, sea surface running speed, and duration) also varied with the environmental conditions (e.g., flapping number varied from 0 to over 20). Importantly, take-off was easier under higher wave conditions than under lower wave conditions at a constant wind speed, and take-off effort increased only when both wind and waves were gentle. Our data suggest that both ocean waves and winds play important roles for albatross take-off and advances our current understanding of albatross flight mechanisms. |
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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Wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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wandering albatrosses exert high take-off effort only when both wind and waves are gentle |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.87016 https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/87016/elife-87016-v1.pdf https://cdn.elifesciences.org/articles/87016/elife-87016-v1.xml https://elifesciences.org/articles/87016 |
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