Luminous intensity and dive depth profile data of emperor penguins from Pointe Géologie, Adélie Land, Antarctica, from expedition DDU 2005 ...
The foraging ability of visual hunters depends critically on light conditions. Emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri are reported to be visual hunters, but breed and forage at high latitudes and are thus exposed to extreme changes in light conditions in the course of the year. We examined how light...
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| Language: | English |
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PANGAEA
2008
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.701333 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.701333 |
| Summary: | The foraging ability of visual hunters depends critically on light conditions. Emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri are reported to be visual hunters, but breed and forage at high latitudes and are thus exposed to extreme changes in light conditions in the course of the year. We examined how light influenced the foraging ability of breeding emperor penguins using loggers in winter (n = 5) and spring (n = 4) 2005 (see doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.633713) at Pointe Géologie (66° 40' S, 140° 01' E), Antarctica, as well as by using models of light availability over the year and as a function of depth. The model showed that daylight was continuous between days of the year 350 and 363 and that the sun did not rise between days of the year 166 and 180. Logger-measured light intensity decreased with water depth, and depth-specific values were higher at greater sun elevation angles. Depth-time use (given by the maximum depth reached multiplied by the number of hours at which this depth could be achieved over 24 h) of ... : Supplement to: Zimmer, Ilka; Wilson, Rory P; Beaulieu, Michaël; Ancel, André; Plötz, Joachim (2008): Seeing the light: depth and time restrictions in the foraging capacity of emperor penguins at Pointe Géologie, Antarctica. Aquatic Biology, 3(3), 217-226 ... |
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