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, Jerome, GILBERT, Caroline, GUINET, Christophe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Accelerometer; Aerobic dive limit; Diving behaviours; Energetics; Metabolism; Mirounga leonina; Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biologie animale/Zoologie des vertébrés; Sciences de l'environnement/Biodiversité et Ecologie; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://oskar-bordeaux.fr/handle/20.500.12278/184795; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12278/184795; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245157

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 expenditure during div...