Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are under increasing environmental pressure. Monitoring colony size and population trends of this Antarctic seabird relies primarily on satellite imagery recorded near the end of the breeding season, when light conditions levels are sufficient to capture image...

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Main Authors: Winterl, Alexander, Richter, Sebastian, Houstin, Aymeric, Barracho, Téo, Boureau, Matthieu, Cornec, Clément, Couet, Douglas, Cristofari, Robin, Eiselt, Claire, Fabry, Ben, Krellenstein, Adélie, Mark, Christoph, Mainka, Astrid, Ménard, Delphine, Morinay, Jennifer, Pottier, Susie, Schloesing, Elodie, Le Bohec, Céline, Zitterbart, Daniel P.
Other Authors: Institute of Biotechnology
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2024
Subjects:
Other natural sciences
Antarctic
Antarc*
Aptenodytes forsteri
Arctic
Emperor penguins
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10138/577324
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Winterl, Alexander
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Houstin, Aymeric
Barracho, Téo
Boureau, Matthieu
Cornec, Clément
Couet, Douglas
Cristofari, Robin
Eiselt, Claire
Fabry, Ben
Krellenstein, Adélie
Mark, Christoph
Mainka, Astrid
Ménard, Delphine
Morinay, Jennifer
Pottier, Susie
Schloesing, Elodie
Le Bohec, Céline
Zitterbart, Daniel P.
Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
topic_facet Other natural sciences
description Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are under increasing environmental pressure. Monitoring colony size and population trends of this Antarctic seabird relies primarily on satellite imagery recorded near the end of the breeding season, when light conditions levels are sufficient to capture images, but colony occupancy is highly variable. To correct population estimates for this variability, we develop a phenological model that can predict the number of breeding pairs and fledging chicks, as well as key phenological events such as arrival, hatching and foraging times, from as few as six data points from a single season. The ability to extrapolate occupancy from sparse data makes the model particularly useful for monitoring remotely sensed animal colonies where ground-based population estimates are rare or unavailable. Peer reviewed
author2 Institute of Biotechnology
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Winterl, Alexander
Richter, Sebastian
Houstin, Aymeric
Barracho, Téo
Boureau, Matthieu
Cornec, Clément
Couet, Douglas
Cristofari, Robin
Eiselt, Claire
Fabry, Ben
Krellenstein, Adélie
Mark, Christoph
Mainka, Astrid
Ménard, Delphine
Morinay, Jennifer
Pottier, Susie
Schloesing, Elodie
Le Bohec, Céline
Zitterbart, Daniel P.
author_facet Winterl, Alexander
Richter, Sebastian
Houstin, Aymeric
Barracho, Téo
Boureau, Matthieu
Cornec, Clément
Couet, Douglas
Cristofari, Robin
Eiselt, Claire
Fabry, Ben
Krellenstein, Adélie
Mark, Christoph
Mainka, Astrid
Ménard, Delphine
Morinay, Jennifer
Pottier, Susie
Schloesing, Elodie
Le Bohec, Céline
Zitterbart, Daniel P.
author_sort Winterl, Alexander
title Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
title_short Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
title_full Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
title_fullStr Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
title_full_unstemmed Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
title_sort remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success
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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the framework of the priority programme 1158 \u201CAntarctic Research with comparative investigations in Arctic ice areas\u201D by grants (FA336/5-1, ZI1525/3-1, ZI1527/7-1), by the Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) within the framework of the Project 137-ANTAVIA, by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum f\u00FCr Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI) within the framework of the Projects SPOT (AWI_ANT_13) and MARE (AWI_ANT_14)47, by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco with additional support from the LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS (CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA), by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) through the Programme Zone Atelier Antarctique et Terres Australes (ZATA). We thank the former\u00A0PIs of the IPEV project 137 (Y. Le Maho, S. Blanc). We also\u00A0thank M\u00E9t\u00E9o France for the meteorological data of Dumont d\u2019Urville. We are deeply grateful to all the wintering and summering members of projects IPEV 137, AWI-SPOT, AWI-MARE, and we also sincerely thank the IPEV and AWI logistics teams for their important and continued support in the field. This study was funded by the following programs: German Research Foundation grant FA336/5-1 (BF). German Research Foundation grant ZI1525/3-1 (DZ). German Research Foundation grant ZI1527/7-1 (DZ). National Science Foundation grant 2046437 (DZ). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (DZ). Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 137-ANTAVIA (CLB). Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CLB). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CLB). CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA (LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS) (CLB).\u00A0The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific support and HPC resources provided by the Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00E4t Erlangen-N\u00FCrnberg (FAU). The hardware is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the framework of the priority programme 1158 \u201CAntarctic Research with comparative investigations in Arctic ice areas\u201D by grants (FA336/5-1, ZI1525/3-1, ZI1527/7-1), by the Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) within the framework of the Project 137-ANTAVIA, by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum f\u00FCr Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI) within the framework of the Projects SPOT (AWI_ANT_13) and MARE (AWI_ANT_14), by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco with additional support from the LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS (CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA), by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) through the Programme Zone Atelier Antarctique et Terres Australes (ZATA). We thank the former PIs of the IPEV project 137 (Y. Le Maho, S. Blanc). We also thank M\u00E9t\u00E9o France for the meteorological data of Dumont d\u2019Urville. We are deeply grateful to all the wintering and summering members of projects IPEV 137, AWI-SPOT, AWI-MARE, and we also sincerely thank the IPEV and AWI logistics teams for their important and continued support in the field. This study was funded by the following programs: German Research Foundation grant FA336/5-1 (BF). German Research Foundation grant ZI1525/3-1 (DZ). German Research Foundation grant ZI1527/7-1 (DZ). National Science Foundation grant 2046437 (DZ). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (DZ). Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 137-ANTAVIA (CLB). Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CLB). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CLB). CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA (LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS) (CLB). The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific support and HPC resources provided by the Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00E4t Erlangen-N\u00FCrnberg (FAU). The hardware is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Winterl , A , Richter , S , Houstin , A , Barracho , T , Boureau , M , Cornec , C , Couet , D , Cristofari , R , Eiselt , C , Fabry , B , Krellenstein , A , Mark , C , Mainka , A , Ménard , D , Morinay , J , Pottier , S , Schloesing , E , Le Bohec , C & Zitterbart , D P 2024 , ' Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success ' , Nature Communications , vol. 15 , no. 1 , 4419 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48239-8
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spelling ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/577324 2024-09-09T19:10:23+00:00 Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success Winterl, Alexander Richter, Sebastian Houstin, Aymeric Barracho, Téo Boureau, Matthieu Cornec, Clément Couet, Douglas Cristofari, Robin Eiselt, Claire Fabry, Ben Krellenstein, Adélie Mark, Christoph Mainka, Astrid Ménard, Delphine Morinay, Jennifer Pottier, Susie Schloesing, Elodie Le Bohec, Céline Zitterbart, Daniel P. Institute of Biotechnology 2024-06-14T06:40:03Z 16 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/577324 eng eng Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41467-024-48239-8 This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the framework of the priority programme 1158 \u201CAntarctic Research with comparative investigations in Arctic ice areas\u201D by grants (FA336/5-1, ZI1525/3-1, ZI1527/7-1), by the Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) within the framework of the Project 137-ANTAVIA, by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum f\u00FCr Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI) within the framework of the Projects SPOT (AWI_ANT_13) and MARE (AWI_ANT_14)47, by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco with additional support from the LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS (CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA), by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) through the Programme Zone Atelier Antarctique et Terres Australes (ZATA). We thank the former\u00A0PIs of the IPEV project 137 (Y. Le Maho, S. Blanc). We also\u00A0thank M\u00E9t\u00E9o France for the meteorological data of Dumont d\u2019Urville. We are deeply grateful to all the wintering and summering members of projects IPEV 137, AWI-SPOT, AWI-MARE, and we also sincerely thank the IPEV and AWI logistics teams for their important and continued support in the field. This study was funded by the following programs: German Research Foundation grant FA336/5-1 (BF). German Research Foundation grant ZI1525/3-1 (DZ). German Research Foundation grant ZI1527/7-1 (DZ). National Science Foundation grant 2046437 (DZ). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (DZ). Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 137-ANTAVIA (CLB). Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CLB). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CLB). CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA (LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS) (CLB).\u00A0The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific support and HPC resources provided by the Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00E4t Erlangen-N\u00FCrnberg (FAU). The hardware is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the framework of the priority programme 1158 \u201CAntarctic Research with comparative investigations in Arctic ice areas\u201D by grants (FA336/5-1, ZI1525/3-1, ZI1527/7-1), by the Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) within the framework of the Project 137-ANTAVIA, by the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum f\u00FCr Polar-und Meeresforschung (AWI) within the framework of the Projects SPOT (AWI_ANT_13) and MARE (AWI_ANT_14), by the Centre Scientifique de Monaco with additional support from the LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS (CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA), by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) through the Programme Zone Atelier Antarctique et Terres Australes (ZATA). We thank the former PIs of the IPEV project 137 (Y. Le Maho, S. Blanc). We also thank M\u00E9t\u00E9o France for the meteorological data of Dumont d\u2019Urville. We are deeply grateful to all the wintering and summering members of projects IPEV 137, AWI-SPOT, AWI-MARE, and we also sincerely thank the IPEV and AWI logistics teams for their important and continued support in the field. This study was funded by the following programs: German Research Foundation grant FA336/5-1 (BF). German Research Foundation grant ZI1525/3-1 (DZ). German Research Foundation grant ZI1527/7-1 (DZ). National Science Foundation grant 2046437 (DZ). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (DZ). Institut Polaire Fran\u00E7ais Paul-Emile Victor (IPEV) 137-ANTAVIA (CLB). Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CLB). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CLB). CSM/CNRS-UNISTRA (LIA-647 and RTPI-NUTRESS) (CLB). The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific support and HPC resources provided by the Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00E4t Erlangen-N\u00FCrnberg (FAU). The hardware is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Winterl , A , Richter , S , Houstin , A , Barracho , T , Boureau , M , Cornec , C , Couet , D , Cristofari , R , Eiselt , C , Fabry , B , Krellenstein , A , Mark , C , Mainka , A , Ménard , D , Morinay , J , Pottier , S , Schloesing , E , Le Bohec , C & Zitterbart , D P 2024 , ' Remote sensing of emperor penguin abundance and breeding success ' , Nature Communications , vol. 15 , no. 1 , 4419 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48239-8 ORCID: /0000-0001-8430-7453/work/161723355 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/577324 c4847430-21e8-4f4d-826f-4cec3fcfdd5d 38811565 85194849114 cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess Other natural sciences Article publishedVersion 2024 ftunivhelsihelda 2024-06-18T14:26:52Z Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are under increasing environmental pressure. Monitoring colony size and population trends of this Antarctic seabird relies primarily on satellite imagery recorded near the end of the breeding season, when light conditions levels are sufficient to capture images, but colony occupancy is highly variable. To correct population estimates for this variability, we develop a phenological model that can predict the number of breeding pairs and fledging chicks, as well as key phenological events such as arrival, hatching and foraging times, from as few as six data points from a single season. The ability to extrapolate occupancy from sparse data makes the model particularly useful for monitoring remotely sensed animal colonies where ground-based population estimates are rare or unavailable. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Aptenodytes forsteri Arctic Emperor penguins HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Antarctic

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