Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground
International audience Assessing the movement patterns and key habitat features of breeding humpback whales is a prerequisite for the conservation management of this philopatric species. To investigate the interactions between humpback whale movements and environmental conditions off Madagascar, we...
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International audience Assessing the movement patterns and key habitat features of breeding humpback whales is a prerequisite for the conservation management of this philopatric species. To investigate the interactions between humpback whale movements and environmental conditions off Madagascar, we deployed 25 satellite tags in the northeast and southwest coast of Madagascar. For each recorded position, we collated estimates of environmental variables and computed two behavioural metrics: behavioural state of ‘transiting’ (consistent/directional) versus ‘localized’ (variable/non-directional), and active swimming speed (i.e. speed relative to the current). On coastal habitats (i.e. bathymetry < 200 m and in adjacent areas), females showed localized behaviour in deep waters (191 ± 20 m) and at large distances (14 ± 0.6 km) from shore, suggesting that their breeding habitat extends beyond the shallowest waters available close to the coastline. Males' active swimming speed decreased in shallow waters, but environmental parameters did not influence their likelihood to exhibit localized movements, which was probably dominated by social factors instead. In oceanic habitats, both males and females showed localized behaviours in shallow waters and favoured high chlorophyll-a concentrations. Active swimming speed accounts for a large proportion of observed movement speed; however, breeding humpback whales probably exploit prevailing ocean currents to maximize displacement. This study provides evidence that coastal areas, generally subject to strong human pressure, remain the core habitat of humpback whales off Madagascar. Our results expand the knowledge of humpback whale habitat use in oceanic habitat and response to variability of environmental factors such as oceanic current and chlorophyll level. |
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Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground |
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Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground |
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Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground |
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Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground |
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influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( megaptera novaeangliae ) in the madagascar breeding ground |
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-01449123v1 2023-05-15T16:35:58+02:00 Influence of environmental parameters on movements and habitat utilization of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ) in the Madagascar breeding ground Trudelle, Laurène Cerchio, Salvatore Zerbini, Alexandre N. Geyer, Ygor Mayer, François-Xavier Jung, Jean-Luc Hervé, Maxime R. Pous, Stéphane Sallée, Jean-Baptiste Rosenbaum, Howard C. Adam, Olivier Charrassin, Jean-Benoît Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay (NeuroPSI) Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) New England Aquarium NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Cascadia Research Collective Instituto Aqualie Cetamada Madagascar Laboratoire de Biologie et génétique des mammifères marins dans leur environnement (BioGEMME) Université de Brest (UBO) Institute of Plant Sciences Berne Université de Berne Institut de Génétique, Environnement et Protection des Plantes (IGEPP) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1) Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) Department of Oceanography Cape Town University of Cape Town Processus de couplage à Petite Echelle, Ecosystèmes et Prédateurs Supérieurs (PEPS) Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert (DALEMBERT) Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Ocean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society Total Foundation to NeuroPSI 2016-12-21 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123/file/160616.full.pdf https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160616 en eng HAL CCSD The Royal Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1098/rsos.160616 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/28083104 hal-01449123 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123/document https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123/file/160616.full.pdf doi:10.1098/rsos.160616 PRODINRA: 389914 PUBMED: 28083104 PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC5210686 WOS: 000391731800017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2054-5703 Royal Society Open Science https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01449123 Royal Society Open Science, The Royal Society, 2016, 3 (12), pp.160616. ⟨10.1098/rsos.160616⟩ movement patterns environmental parameters habitat use humpback whales satellite telemetry Madagascar [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2016 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160616 2021-12-05T02:36:38Z International audience Assessing the movement patterns and key habitat features of breeding humpback whales is a prerequisite for the conservation management of this philopatric species. To investigate the interactions between humpback whale movements and environmental conditions off Madagascar, we deployed 25 satellite tags in the northeast and southwest coast of Madagascar. For each recorded position, we collated estimates of environmental variables and computed two behavioural metrics: behavioural state of ‘transiting’ (consistent/directional) versus ‘localized’ (variable/non-directional), and active swimming speed (i.e. speed relative to the current). On coastal habitats (i.e. bathymetry < 200 m and in adjacent areas), females showed localized behaviour in deep waters (191 ± 20 m) and at large distances (14 ± 0.6 km) from shore, suggesting that their breeding habitat extends beyond the shallowest waters available close to the coastline. Males' active swimming speed decreased in shallow waters, but environmental parameters did not influence their likelihood to exhibit localized movements, which was probably dominated by social factors instead. In oceanic habitats, both males and females showed localized behaviours in shallow waters and favoured high chlorophyll-a concentrations. Active swimming speed accounts for a large proportion of observed movement speed; however, breeding humpback whales probably exploit prevailing ocean currents to maximize displacement. This study provides evidence that coastal areas, generally subject to strong human pressure, remain the core habitat of humpback whales off Madagascar. Our results expand the knowledge of humpback whale habitat use in oceanic habitat and response to variability of environmental factors such as oceanic current and chlorophyll level. Article in Journal/Newspaper Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Royal Society Open Science 3 12 160616 |