Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator.
International audience How non-echolocating deep diving marine predators locate their prey while foraging remains mostly unknown. Female southern elephant seals (SES) (Mirounga leonina) have vision adapted to low intensity light with a peak sensitivity at 485 nm. This matches the wavelength of biolu...
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ftinraparis:oai:HAL:hal-00741872v1 2024-06-23T07:52:30+00:00 Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. Vacquié-Garcia, Jade Royer, François Dragon, Anne-Cécile Viviant, Morgane Bailleul, Frédéric Guinet, Christophe Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) 2012 https://hal.science/hal-00741872 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565 en eng HAL CCSD Public Library of Science info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/22952706 hal-00741872 https://hal.science/hal-00741872 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043565 PUBMED: 22952706 PUBMEDCENTRAL: PMC3430693 ISSN: 1932-6203 EISSN: 1932-6203 PLoS ONE https://hal.science/hal-00741872 PLoS ONE, 2012, 7 (8), pp.e43565. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0043565⟩ [SDE]Environmental Sciences info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2012 ftinraparis https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043565 2024-06-04T14:53:40Z International audience How non-echolocating deep diving marine predators locate their prey while foraging remains mostly unknown. Female southern elephant seals (SES) (Mirounga leonina) have vision adapted to low intensity light with a peak sensitivity at 485 nm. This matches the wavelength of bioluminescence produced by a large range of marine organisms including myctophid fish, SES's main prey. In this study, we investigated whether bioluminescence provides an accurate estimate of prey occurrence for SES. To do so, four SES were satellite-tracked during their post-breeding foraging trip and were equipped with Time-Depth-Recorders that also recorded light levels every two seconds. A total of 3386 dives were processed through a light-treatment model that detected light events higher than ambient level, i.e. bioluminescence events. The number of bioluminescence events was related to an index of foraging intensity for SES dives deep enough to avoid the influence of natural ambient light. The occurrence of bioluminescence was found to be negatively related to depth both at night and day. Foraging intensity was also positively related to bioluminescence both during day and night. This result suggests that bioluminescence likely provides SES with valuable indications of prey occurrence and might be a key element in predator-prey interactions in deep-dark marine environments. Article in Journal/Newspaper Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seals Southern Ocean Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique: ProdINRA Southern Ocean PLoS ONE 7 8 e43565 |
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International audience How non-echolocating deep diving marine predators locate their prey while foraging remains mostly unknown. Female southern elephant seals (SES) (Mirounga leonina) have vision adapted to low intensity light with a peak sensitivity at 485 nm. This matches the wavelength of bioluminescence produced by a large range of marine organisms including myctophid fish, SES's main prey. In this study, we investigated whether bioluminescence provides an accurate estimate of prey occurrence for SES. To do so, four SES were satellite-tracked during their post-breeding foraging trip and were equipped with Time-Depth-Recorders that also recorded light levels every two seconds. A total of 3386 dives were processed through a light-treatment model that detected light events higher than ambient level, i.e. bioluminescence events. The number of bioluminescence events was related to an index of foraging intensity for SES dives deep enough to avoid the influence of natural ambient light. The occurrence of bioluminescence was found to be negatively related to depth both at night and day. Foraging intensity was also positively related to bioluminescence both during day and night. This result suggests that bioluminescence likely provides SES with valuable indications of prey occurrence and might be a key element in predator-prey interactions in deep-dark marine environments. |
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Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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Foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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foraging in the darkness of the southern ocean: influence of bioluminescence on a deep diving predator. |
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