A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean
Albatrosses are among the world's most endangered seabirds. Threats during the nonbreeding period have major impacts on their population dynamics, but for most species, detailed information on distribution and ecology remains essentially unknown. We used stable isotope values (δ 13 C and δ 15 N...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:118954 2023-05-15T18:24:42+02:00 A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean Cherel, Y Jaeger, A Alderman, RL Jaquemet, S Richard, P Wanless, RM Phillips, RA Thompson, DR 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07466.x http://ecite.utas.edu.au/118954 en eng Blackwell Munksgaard http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07466.x Cherel, Y and Jaeger, A and Alderman, RL and Jaquemet, S and Richard, P and Wanless, RM and Phillips, RA and Thompson, DR, A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean, Ecography, 36, (3) pp. 277-286. ISSN 0906-7590 (2013) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/118954 Biological Sciences Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07466.x 2019-12-13T22:18:09Z Albatrosses are among the world's most endangered seabirds. Threats during the nonbreeding period have major impacts on their population dynamics, but for most species, detailed information on distribution and ecology remains essentially unknown. We used stable isotope values (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) in feathers to infer and compare the moulting (nonbreeding) habitats of 35 populations that include all the 20 species and subspecies (444 individuals) of albatrosses breeding within the Southern Ocean and in fringing subtropical waters. Isotopic values together with a review of available information show that the 20 albatrosses can be categorized into three groups depending on their favoured moulting grounds: 12 (60%) taxa forage primarily in warm neritic waters, six (30%) in northern oceanic waters and two (10%) in oceanic waters of the Southern Ocean. Stable isotopes indicate that habitat preferences during the nonbreeding period vary much less among different breeding populations in some species (wandering, Salvin's, grey-headed and light-mantled sooty albatrosses), than others (black-browed, Indian yellow-nosed and sooty albatrosses). The major finding of our isotopic investigation is that the great majority of albatrosses spend the nonbreeding period outside the Southern Ocean, with only three species (and in the sooty albatross, just one of the breeding populations) favouring oceanic subantarctic waters at that time. Hence, the study highlights the overwhelming importance of subtropical waters for albatrosses, where the birds are known to interact with human activities and are more likely to be negatively affected by the diverse range of fisheries operating in both neritic and oceanic waters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Southern Ocean Indian Ecography 36 3 277 286 |
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Albatrosses are among the world's most endangered seabirds. Threats during the nonbreeding period have major impacts on their population dynamics, but for most species, detailed information on distribution and ecology remains essentially unknown. We used stable isotope values (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) in feathers to infer and compare the moulting (nonbreeding) habitats of 35 populations that include all the 20 species and subspecies (444 individuals) of albatrosses breeding within the Southern Ocean and in fringing subtropical waters. Isotopic values together with a review of available information show that the 20 albatrosses can be categorized into three groups depending on their favoured moulting grounds: 12 (60%) taxa forage primarily in warm neritic waters, six (30%) in northern oceanic waters and two (10%) in oceanic waters of the Southern Ocean. Stable isotopes indicate that habitat preferences during the nonbreeding period vary much less among different breeding populations in some species (wandering, Salvin's, grey-headed and light-mantled sooty albatrosses), than others (black-browed, Indian yellow-nosed and sooty albatrosses). The major finding of our isotopic investigation is that the great majority of albatrosses spend the nonbreeding period outside the Southern Ocean, with only three species (and in the sooty albatross, just one of the breeding populations) favouring oceanic subantarctic waters at that time. Hence, the study highlights the overwhelming importance of subtropical waters for albatrosses, where the birds are known to interact with human activities and are more likely to be negatively affected by the diverse range of fisheries operating in both neritic and oceanic waters. |
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A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean |
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A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean |
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A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean |
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A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean |
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A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean |
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comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the southern ocean |
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