Entre variabilité interannuelle et stratégies individuelles : effets des paramètres environnementaux sur l’écologie alimentaire et le succès reproducteur des éléphants de mer de l’archipel de Kerguelen

• Main Author: Mestre, Julie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French; English
• Published: Université Sorbonne 2020
• Subjects: écologie alimentaire; télémétrie; isotopes stables; stratégies alimentaires; succès reproducteur; éléphants de mer austraux; foraging ecology; bio-logging; stable isotopes; foraging strategies; breeding success; southern elephant seals; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Kerguelen Island; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00753/86494/91855.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00753/86494/

Because time-series relative to foraging ecology, environmental parameters and population trends are scarce, few studies focused on the mechanisms linking oceanographic variables with the foraging behaviour and breeding success in marine top predators. This PhD thesis aims to assess the effects of i...