Foraging strategies of a top-marine predator during the breeding season : the Macaroni penguin from Crozet and Kerguelen Islands

• Main Author: Bon, Cécile
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de La Rochelle (ULR), Université de La Rochelle, Charles-André Bost
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: Southern ocean; Penguins; Breeding cycle; Oceanographic features; Foraging strategies; Ecology; Océan austral; Manchots; Cycle de reproduction; Habitats; Écologie comportementale; Stratégies d’approvisionnement; [SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences; Austral; Austral Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Southern Ocean; Crozet Islands; Îles Crozet; Macaroni penguin; Marion Island
• Online Access: https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01661332; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01661332/document; https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01661332/file/2016Bon82762.pdf

The Austral Ocean still hosts a great population of marine predators (i.e. penguins, albatross, and seals). Despite well studied, the functional approach investigating the relationship between prey and predators in the marine ecosystem is still poorly known. Knowledge on habitat selection and use of...