Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour
Diel cycles in marine predator diving behaviour centre around the light-mediated diel vertical migration (DVM) of prey, and are considered critical for optimizing foraging and limiting competition across global seascapes. Yet, our understanding of predator diel behaviour is based primarily on examin...
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ftunivwindsor:oai:scholar.uwindsor.ca:ibiopub-1181 2024-06-23T07:50:01+00:00 Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour Storrie, Luke Hussey, Nigel E. MacPhee, Shannon A. O'Corry-Crowe, Greg Iacozza, John Barber, David G. Loseto, Lisa L. 2022-11-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ibiopub/182 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14172 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/ibiopub/article/1181/viewcontent/Functional_Ecology___2022___Storrie___Empirically_testing_the_influence_of_light_regime_on_diel_activity_patterns_in_a.pdf unknown Scholarship at UWindsor https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ibiopub/182 doi:10.1111/1365-2435.14172 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/ibiopub/article/1181/viewcontent/Functional_Ecology___2022___Storrie___Empirically_testing_the_influence_of_light_regime_on_diel_activity_patterns_in_a.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Integrative Biology Publications Arctic Central Arctic Ocean diel vertical migration diurnal dive natural experiment nocturnal whale Integrative Biology text 2022 ftunivwindsor https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14172 2024-06-04T14:21:51Z Diel cycles in marine predator diving behaviour centre around the light-mediated diel vertical migration (DVM) of prey, and are considered critical for optimizing foraging and limiting competition across global seascapes. Yet, our understanding of predator diel behaviour is based primarily on examining relative depth usage between constant day/night cycles with no formal investigation of how varying light regimes interact with abiotic factors to shape diel activity. The extreme seasonal light regimes (midnight sun, polar night, day/night cycle) in the Arctic provide a unique natural experimental setting to empirically investigate the occurrence and intensity of diel behaviour in marine predators relative to changing light levels while concomitantly assessing interacting abiotic factors. Depth time series data from satellite-linked tags deployed on six beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) for up to 12 months were used to quantify diel behaviour by calculating dissimilarity in time-at-depth between periods of low and high solar altitude on each day. Generalized additive mixed effects models were used to examine the influence of hours of daylight across extreme light cycles, coupled with bathymetry and sea ice concentration; focal diel patterns were further examined relative to the thermal structure of the water column. As predicted, belugas exhibited cathemerality during the midnight sun, and initiated diel behaviour with the onset of the fall day/night cycle, with a marked increase in its intensity with the progression to equal day/night length. Occurrence of diel patterns, however, was complex; ceasing in regions with seafloor depths <700 >m, and occurring with greatest intensity when the water column was thermally homogeneous within the upper 150 m. Through empirical investigation, this study demonstrates that the onset of day/night light cycles and presumably associated prey DVM can modulate predator diel dive behaviour under certain circumstances, but highlights how the complex interaction of abiotic ... Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas polar night Sea ice midnight sun University of Windsor, Ontario: Scholarship at UWindsor Arctic Arctic Ocean Functional Ecology 36 11 2727 2741 |
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Diel cycles in marine predator diving behaviour centre around the light-mediated diel vertical migration (DVM) of prey, and are considered critical for optimizing foraging and limiting competition across global seascapes. Yet, our understanding of predator diel behaviour is based primarily on examining relative depth usage between constant day/night cycles with no formal investigation of how varying light regimes interact with abiotic factors to shape diel activity. The extreme seasonal light regimes (midnight sun, polar night, day/night cycle) in the Arctic provide a unique natural experimental setting to empirically investigate the occurrence and intensity of diel behaviour in marine predators relative to changing light levels while concomitantly assessing interacting abiotic factors. Depth time series data from satellite-linked tags deployed on six beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) for up to 12 months were used to quantify diel behaviour by calculating dissimilarity in time-at-depth between periods of low and high solar altitude on each day. Generalized additive mixed effects models were used to examine the influence of hours of daylight across extreme light cycles, coupled with bathymetry and sea ice concentration; focal diel patterns were further examined relative to the thermal structure of the water column. As predicted, belugas exhibited cathemerality during the midnight sun, and initiated diel behaviour with the onset of the fall day/night cycle, with a marked increase in its intensity with the progression to equal day/night length. Occurrence of diel patterns, however, was complex; ceasing in regions with seafloor depths <700 >m, and occurring with greatest intensity when the water column was thermally homogeneous within the upper 150 m. Through empirical investigation, this study demonstrates that the onset of day/night light cycles and presumably associated prey DVM can modulate predator diel dive behaviour under certain circumstances, but highlights how the complex interaction of abiotic ... |
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Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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Empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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empirically testing the influence of light regime on diel activity patterns in a marine predator reveals complex interacting factors shaping behaviour |
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