Krill-feeding behaviour in a chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica compared with fish-eating in Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus: a pilot study

Takahashi, A.; Dunn, M.J.; Trathan, P.N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6673-9930; Croxall, J.P.; Wilson, R.P.; Sato, K.; Naito, Y.. 2004 Krill-feeding behaviour in a chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarctica compared with fish-eating in Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus: a pilot study. Marine Ornithology, 32 (1). 47-54.

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Abstract/Summary

Inferring feeding activities from undulations in diving depth profiles is widespread in studies of foraging marine predators. This idea, however, has rarely been tested because of practical difficulties in obtaining an independent estimate of feeding activities at a time scale corresponding to depth changes within a dive. In this study we attempted to relate depth profile undulations and feeding activities during diving in a single Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica, by simultaneously using a conventional time-depth recorder and a recently developed beak-angle sensor. Although failure in device attachments meant that data were obtained successfully from just a part of a single foraging trip, our preliminary results show a linear relationship between the number of depth wiggles and the number of underwater beak-opening events during a dive, suggesting that the relative feeding intensity of each dive could be represented by depth-profile data. Underwater beak-opening patterns of this krill-feeding penguin species are compared with recent data from three fish- and squid-feeding Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus magellanicus.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Dynamics and Management of Ocean Ecosystems
ISSN:	1018-3337
Additional Keywords:	Chinstrap Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, Spheniscus magellanicus, Antarctica, Argentina, diving behaviour, foraging ecology
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Zoology Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	15 Mar 2012 09:39 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12463

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Antarctic Science in the Global Context (2000-2005) > Dynamics and Management of Ocean Ecosystems

ISSN:

1018-3337

Additional Keywords:

Chinstrap Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, Spheniscus magellanicus, Antarctica, Argentina, diving behaviour, foraging ecology

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Zoology
Ecology and Environment

Date made live:

15 Mar 2012 09:39 +0 (UTC)