The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver
International audience The period of emancipation, when juvenile seabirds change from a terrestrial existence to a life at sea, is associated with many challenges. Apart from finding favourable foraging sites, they have to develop effective prey search patterns and physiological capacities that enab...
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fthalin2p3:oai:HAL:hal-03254899v1 2024-05-12T08:06:30+00:00 The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver Enstipp, Manfred Bost, Charles-André Le Bohec, Céline Chatelain, Nicolas Weimerskirch, Henri Handrich, Yves 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) Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2021 https://hal.science/hal-03254899 https://hal.science/hal-03254899/document https://hal.science/hal-03254899/file/Enstipp_JEB2021.pdf https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242512 en eng HAL CCSD The Company of Biologists info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1242/jeb.242512 hal-03254899 https://hal.science/hal-03254899 https://hal.science/hal-03254899/document https://hal.science/hal-03254899/file/Enstipp_JEB2021.pdf doi:10.1242/jeb.242512 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0022-0949 EISSN: 1477-9145 Journal of Experimental Biology https://hal.science/hal-03254899 Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021, 224 (12), pp.jeb242512. ⟨10.1242/jeb.242512⟩ Ontogeny Foraging proficiency Wiggles Seabirds Bio-logging Diving [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 fthalin2p3 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242512 2024-04-17T15:36:31Z International audience The period of emancipation, when juvenile seabirds change from a terrestrial existence to a life at sea, is associated with many challenges. Apart from finding favourable foraging sites, they have to develop effective prey search patterns and physiological capacities that enable them to capture sufficient prey to meet their energetic needs. Animals that dive to forage, like king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), need to acquire an adequate breath-hold capacity, allowing them to locate and capture prey at depth. To investigate the ontogeny of their dive capacity and foraging performance, we implanted juvenile king penguins before their first departure to sea and also adult breeders with a data-logger recording pressure and temperature. We found that juvenile king penguins possessed a remarkable dive capacity when leaving their natal colony, enabling them to conduct dives in access of 100 m within their first week at sea. Despite this, juvenile dive/foraging performance, investigated in relation to dive depth, remained below the adult level throughout their first year at sea, likely reflecting physiological limitations due to incomplete maturation. A significantly shallower foraging depth of juveniles, particularly during their first five months at sea, could also indicate differences in foraging strategy and targeted prey. The initially greater wiggle rate suggests that juveniles fed opportunistically and also targeted different prey than adults and/or that many wiggles of juveniles reflect unsuccessful prey-capture attempts, indicating a lower foraging proficiency. After five months, this difference disappeared, suggesting sufficient physical maturation and improvement of juvenile foraging skills. Article in Journal/Newspaper King Penguins HAL-IN2P3 (Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules) Journal of Experimental Biology 224 12 |
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Ontogeny Foraging proficiency Wiggles Seabirds Bio-logging Diving [SDV.BA.ZV]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Vertebrate Zoology [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology Enstipp, Manfred Bost, Charles-André Le Bohec, Céline Chatelain, Nicolas Weimerskirch, Henri Handrich, Yves The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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International audience The period of emancipation, when juvenile seabirds change from a terrestrial existence to a life at sea, is associated with many challenges. Apart from finding favourable foraging sites, they have to develop effective prey search patterns and physiological capacities that enable them to capture sufficient prey to meet their energetic needs. Animals that dive to forage, like king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus), need to acquire an adequate breath-hold capacity, allowing them to locate and capture prey at depth. To investigate the ontogeny of their dive capacity and foraging performance, we implanted juvenile king penguins before their first departure to sea and also adult breeders with a data-logger recording pressure and temperature. We found that juvenile king penguins possessed a remarkable dive capacity when leaving their natal colony, enabling them to conduct dives in access of 100 m within their first week at sea. Despite this, juvenile dive/foraging performance, investigated in relation to dive depth, remained below the adult level throughout their first year at sea, likely reflecting physiological limitations due to incomplete maturation. A significantly shallower foraging depth of juveniles, particularly during their first five months at sea, could also indicate differences in foraging strategy and targeted prey. The initially greater wiggle rate suggests that juveniles fed opportunistically and also targeted different prey than adults and/or that many wiggles of juveniles reflect unsuccessful prey-capture attempts, indicating a lower foraging proficiency. After five months, this difference disappeared, suggesting sufficient physical maturation and improvement of juvenile foraging skills. |
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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) Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE-IPHC) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA))-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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The early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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early life of king penguins: ontogeny of dive capacity and foraging behaviour in an expert diver |
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ISSN: 0022-0949 EISSN: 1477-9145 Journal of Experimental Biology https://hal.science/hal-03254899 Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021, 224 (12), pp.jeb242512. ⟨10.1242/jeb.242512⟩ |
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