Olfactory foraging in temperate waters: sensitivity to dimethylsulphide of shearwaters in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

• Published in: Journal of Experimental Biology
• Main Authors: Dell’Ariccia, G, Célérier, A, Gabirot, M, Palmas, P, Bonadonna, F., MASSA, Bruno
• Other Authors: Massa, B, Bonadonna, F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Company of Biologists Limited 2014
• Subjects: DMS; Foraging; Odour cues; Olfaction; Petrels; Procellariiform seabirds; Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata; Antarctic; The ''Y''; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/102977; https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.097931

Many procellariiforms use olfactory cues to locate food patches over the seemingly featureless ocean surface. In particular, some of them are able to detect and are attracted by dimethylsulphide (DMS), a volatile compound naturally occurring over worldwide oceans in correspondence with productive fe...