Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals
Animals may use long-distance foraging trips to capitalize on spatiotemporal variation in food availability, allowing individuals to maximize resource gain from foraging effort. This is particularly important for dimorphic species with polygynous mating where males face strong selection pressures to...
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ftmacquarieunicr:oai:https://researchers.mq.edu.au:publications/985bba0f-db92-433a-be99-33dda673f6a6 2024-10-13T14:01:52+00:00 Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals Salton, Marcus Bestley, Sophie Gales, Nick Harcourt, Robert 2022-01 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/985bba0f-db92-433a-be99-33dda673f6a6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.006 http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120555093&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Salton , M , Bestley , S , Gales , N & Harcourt , R 2022 , ' Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals ' , Animal Behaviour , vol. 183 , pp. 103-116 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.006 Antarctic Circumpolar Current area-restricted search biologging competition dive behaviour sea-ice spatial heterogeneity article 2022 ftmacquarieunicr https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.006 2024-10-03T00:23:13Z Animals may use long-distance foraging trips to capitalize on spatiotemporal variation in food availability, allowing individuals to maximize resource gain from foraging effort. This is particularly important for dimorphic species with polygynous mating where males face strong selection pressures to attain large size and access to reproductive females. We tracked 17 male Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, during their prolonged postbreeding trips and assessed links between their movements and environmental predictors of profitable feeding areas. Males made one of two types of trips: a long trip to the Antarctic ice edge or shorter trips to areas where the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts generate high biological activity. The trip type was not determined by body size but was related to departure date from the breeding area, suggesting that males must trade off opportunities at the breeding area (reproductive, social interactions) and foraging opportunities between breeding seasons. Regardless of trip structure, males focused search effort far from foraging areas of central-place foraging seabirds and seals including female Antarctic fur seals provisioning offspring. Males showed clear spatiotemporal patterns in dive behaviour, with deep dives in shelf waters during the day and predominantly shallower dives in pelagic waters at night. Diel dive patterns showed monthly changes in photoperiod and lunar phase, consistent with feeding on vertically migrating prey. However, males did not use area-restricted search to focus dive effort, instead performing a mix of foraging and nonforaging behaviour within and between restricted search areas. We discuss the scale and type of inference that can be made from movement models, given the behavioural constraints that govern long-distance trips in vast, heterogeneous environments like the Southern Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Fur Seals Arctocephalus gazella Sea ice Southern Ocean Macquarie University Research Portal Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Animal Behaviour 183 103 116 |
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Animals may use long-distance foraging trips to capitalize on spatiotemporal variation in food availability, allowing individuals to maximize resource gain from foraging effort. This is particularly important for dimorphic species with polygynous mating where males face strong selection pressures to attain large size and access to reproductive females. We tracked 17 male Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, during their prolonged postbreeding trips and assessed links between their movements and environmental predictors of profitable feeding areas. Males made one of two types of trips: a long trip to the Antarctic ice edge or shorter trips to areas where the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts generate high biological activity. The trip type was not determined by body size but was related to departure date from the breeding area, suggesting that males must trade off opportunities at the breeding area (reproductive, social interactions) and foraging opportunities between breeding seasons. Regardless of trip structure, males focused search effort far from foraging areas of central-place foraging seabirds and seals including female Antarctic fur seals provisioning offspring. Males showed clear spatiotemporal patterns in dive behaviour, with deep dives in shelf waters during the day and predominantly shallower dives in pelagic waters at night. Diel dive patterns showed monthly changes in photoperiod and lunar phase, consistent with feeding on vertically migrating prey. However, males did not use area-restricted search to focus dive effort, instead performing a mix of foraging and nonforaging behaviour within and between restricted search areas. We discuss the scale and type of inference that can be made from movement models, given the behavioural constraints that govern long-distance trips in vast, heterogeneous environments like the Southern Ocean. |
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals |
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals |
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals |
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals |
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals |
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environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male antarctic fur seals |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic |
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Salton , M , Bestley , S , Gales , N & Harcourt , R 2022 , ' Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals ' , Animal Behaviour , vol. 183 , pp. 103-116 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.11.006 |
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