Diving behaviour of Southern elephant seals: new models of behavioural and ecophysiological adjustments of oxygen store management

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Piot, Erwan, Picard, Baptiste, Badaut, Jérôme, Gilbert, Caroline, Guinet, Christophe
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Mécanismes Adaptatifs et Evolution (MECADEV), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de résonance magnétique des systèmes biologiques (CRMSB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort (ENVA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2023
• Subjects: Accelerometer; Aerobic dive limit; Diving behaviours; Energetics; Metabolism; Mirounga leonina; [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-04136301; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245157

International audience Among pinnipeds, Southern Elephant Seals (SES, Mirounga leonina) are extreme divers that dive deeply and continuously along foraging trips to restore their body stores after fasting on land during breeding or moulting. Their replenishment of body stores influences their energy...