Escaping the oligotrophic gyre? The year-round movements, foraging behaviour and habitat preferences of Murphy’s petrels

• Main Authors: Clay, TA, Phillips, RA, Manica, AM, Jackson, HA, Brooke, MDELM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research Science Publishing 2017
• Subjects: subropical gyre; gadfly petrel; pelagic ecosystem; trans-equatorial migration; sexual segregation; seabird; activity patterns; biologging; Antarctic; Pacific; Henderson Island; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/265256; https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11128

The South Pacific Gyre is the world’s largest expanse of oligotrophic ocean and supports communities of endemic gadfly petrels Pterodroma spp, yet little is known about their foraging ecology in this nutrient-poor environment. We tracked Murphy’s petrels Pterodroma ultima with geolocators from Hende...