Luminous intensity and dive depth profile data of emperor penguins from Pointe Géologie, Adélie Land, Antarctica, from expedition DDU 2005, 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

• Main Authors: Zimmer, Ilka, Wilson, Rory P, Beaulieu, Michaël, Ancel, André, Plötz, Joachim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2008
• Subjects: Marine endotherm; DDU2005; Dumont d´Urville Station; Marine Mammal Tracking MMT; Pointe-Géologie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; E. Antarctica; Emperor penguins
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.701333; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.701333

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...