Dive depth profile and at surface behaviour data of emperor penguins from Pointe Géologie, Adélie Land, Antarctica, from expedition DDU 2005 ...

• Main Authors: Zimmer, Ilka, Wilson, Rory P, Beaulieu, Michaël, Ancel, André, Plötz, Joachim, Bornemann, Horst
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Marine endotherm; DDU2005; Dumont d´Urville Station; Marine Mammal Tracking MMT; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; D'Urville Sea; Dumont D'Urville Sea; Emperor penguins
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.633713; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.633713

Adult male and female emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) were fitted with satellite transmitters at Pointe-Géologie (Adélie Land), Dumont d'Urville Sea coast, in November 2005. Nine of 30 data sets were selected for analyses to investigate the penguins' diving behaviour at high resolution (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.633708, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.633709, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.633710, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.633711). The profiles are in synchrony with foraging trips of the birds during austral spring (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472171, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472173, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472164, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472160, doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.472161). Corresponding high resolution winter data (n = 5; archived elsewhere) were provided by A. Ancel, Centre d'Ecologie et Physiologie Energétiques, CNRS, Strasbourg, France. Air-breathing divers tend to increase their overall dive duration with increasing dive depth. In most penguin species, this occurs due to increasing transit (descent and ascent) durations but also because the duration ... : Supplement to: Zimmer, Ilka; Wilson, Rory P; Beaulieu, Michaël; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Kato, Akiko; Ancel, André; Plötz, Joachim (2010): Dive efficiency versus depth in foraging emperor penguins. Aquatic Biology, 8, 269-277 ...