Foraging zones of the two sibling species of giant petrels in the Indian Ocean throughout the annual cycle: implication for their conservation

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Thiers, Laurie, Delord, Karine, Barbraud, Christophe, Phillips, Richard A., Pinaud, David, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Giganteus; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Southern Ocean; Crozet Islands; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00956310; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10620

International audience We studied the year-round distribution and at-sea activity patterns of the sibling species, northern giant petrel Macronectes halli and southern giant petrel M. giganteus. Loggers combining light-based geolocators and immersion sensors were used to provide year-long data on la...