A thorough and quantified method for classifying seabird diving behaviour
14 pages International audience Time-depth recorders are commonly deployed on diving animals to obtain information on their aquatic behaviour. The recorded data provide a 2D profile of diving activity. As analyses of diving behaviour from such profiles have become more complex, these analyses have o...
Published in: | Polar Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Other Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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HAL CCSD
2007
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Online Access: | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00186209 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0257-3 |
Summary: | 14 pages International audience Time-depth recorders are commonly deployed on diving animals to obtain information on their aquatic behaviour. The recorded data provide a 2D profile of diving activity. As analyses of diving behaviour from such profiles have become more complex, these analyses have often suffered from a lack of consistency and rigour. There is a growing need for a simple, comparative method to classify diving behaviour thoroughly and quantitatively. Here, a new approach to the classification of the dive profiles of penguins is described, which probably has applicability for many other diving predators as well. This simple approach uses a small, coherent set of criteria to classify behaviours in a detailed and quantified manner, and with relative objectivity. Classification of diving behaviour is possible from the temporal scale of a wiggle within a dive to the scale of a bout of dives. The new method will make comparisons between species easier and clearer because these comparisons will be undertaken within a consistent, more objective framework. |
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