Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
International audience The open ocean is a highly variable environment where marine top predators are thought to require optimized foraging strategies to locate and capture prey. Mesoscale and sub-mesoscale features are known to effect planktonic organisms but the response of top predators to these...
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International audience The open ocean is a highly variable environment where marine top predators are thought to require optimized foraging strategies to locate and capture prey. Mesoscale and sub-mesoscale features are known to effect planktonic organisms but the response of top predators to these features results from behavioural choices and is poorly understood. Here, we investigated a multi-year database of at-sea distribution and behaviour of female Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) to identify their preference for specific structures within the intense eddy field of the dynamic Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). We distinguished two behavioural modes, i.e. travelling and intensive foraging, using state-space modelling. We employed multisatellite Lagrangian diagnostics to describe properties of (sub-)mesoscale oceanic circulation. Statistical analyses (GAMMs and Student’s t-tests) revealed relationships between elephant seal behaviour and (sub-)mesoscale features during the post-moulting period (Jan-Aug): travelling along thermal fronts and intensive foraging in cold and long-lived mesoscale water patches. A Lagrangian analysis suggests that these water patches – where the prey field likely developed and concentrated – corresponded to waters which have supported the bloom during spring. In contrast, no clear preference emerged at the (sub-)mesoscale during the post-breeding period (Oct-Dec), although seals were distributed within the Chlorophyll-rich water plume detaching from the plateau. We interpret this difference in terms of a seasonal change in the prey field. Our interdisciplinary approach contributes to elucidate the foraging strategies of top predators in a complex and dynamic environment. It also brings top down insights on prey distribution in remote areas where information on mid-trophic levels are strongly lacking and it identifies important physical-biological interactions relevant for ecosystem modelling and management. |
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Cotté, Cédric d'Ovidio, Francesco Dragon, Anne-Cécile Guinet, Christophe Lévy, Marina |
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Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current |
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flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the antarctic circumpolar current |
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ftmuseumnhn:oai:HAL:hal-01093448v1 2024-05-19T07:30:26+00:00 Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Cotté, Cédric d'Ovidio, Francesco Dragon, Anne-Cécile Guinet, Christophe Lévy, Marina Processus de couplage à Petite Echelle, Ecosystèmes et Prédateurs Supérieurs (PEPS) Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL (FR_636)) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2015 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448/document https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448/file/Cott%C3%A9_Flexible_preference.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.011 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.011 hal-01093448 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448 https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448/document https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448/file/Cott%C3%A9_Flexible_preference.pdf doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.011 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0079-6611 Progress in Oceanography https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01093448 Progress in Oceanography, 2015, 131, pp.46-58. ⟨10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.011⟩ [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2015 ftmuseumnhn https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.11.011 2024-04-25T00:55:26Z International audience The open ocean is a highly variable environment where marine top predators are thought to require optimized foraging strategies to locate and capture prey. Mesoscale and sub-mesoscale features are known to effect planktonic organisms but the response of top predators to these features results from behavioural choices and is poorly understood. Here, we investigated a multi-year database of at-sea distribution and behaviour of female Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) to identify their preference for specific structures within the intense eddy field of the dynamic Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC). We distinguished two behavioural modes, i.e. travelling and intensive foraging, using state-space modelling. We employed multisatellite Lagrangian diagnostics to describe properties of (sub-)mesoscale oceanic circulation. Statistical analyses (GAMMs and Student’s t-tests) revealed relationships between elephant seal behaviour and (sub-)mesoscale features during the post-moulting period (Jan-Aug): travelling along thermal fronts and intensive foraging in cold and long-lived mesoscale water patches. A Lagrangian analysis suggests that these water patches – where the prey field likely developed and concentrated – corresponded to waters which have supported the bloom during spring. In contrast, no clear preference emerged at the (sub-)mesoscale during the post-breeding period (Oct-Dec), although seals were distributed within the Chlorophyll-rich water plume detaching from the plateau. We interpret this difference in terms of a seasonal change in the prey field. Our interdisciplinary approach contributes to elucidate the foraging strategies of top predators in a complex and dynamic environment. It also brings top down insights on prey distribution in remote areas where information on mid-trophic levels are strongly lacking and it identifies important physical-biological interactions relevant for ecosystem modelling and management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Mirounga leonina Southern Elephant Seals Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHM): HAL Progress in Oceanography 131 46 58 |