Seasonal variation in oceanographic habitat and behaviour of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis from Kerguelen Island

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 416, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-284

  Ṕron, Clara ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Charbonnier, Yohan ^a   Marteau, Cédric ^c   Louzao, Maité ^a,d   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises ^*  (France)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity; Breeding; Bycatch; Foraging behaviour; Geolocation; Non breeding ground; Satellite tracking; Sea ice; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BREEDING SEASON; CHLOROPHYLL A; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACKING; UPWELLING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; NAMIBIA;

AVES; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 77958452204     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08785     Document Type: Article

References (89)

1. Afanasyev V (2004) A miniature daylight level and activity data recorder for tracking animals over long periods. Mem Natl Inst Polar Res 58: 227-233
2. Anonymous (2008). National plan of action for reducing the incidental catch of seabirds in longline fisheries. Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Republic of South Africa, Pretoria
3. Atkinson A, Siegel V, Pakhomov E, Rothery P (2004) Long-term decline in krill stock and increase in salps within the Southern Ocean. Nature 432: 100-103
4. Atkinson A, Siegel V, Pakhomov EA, Rothery P and others (2008) Oceanic circumpolar habitats of Antarctic krill. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 362: 1-23
5. Au DWK, Pitman RL (1986) Seabird interactions with dolphins and tuna in the eastern tropical Pacific. Condor 88: 304-317
6. Barbraud C, Marteau C, Ridoux V, Delord K, Weimerskirch H (2008) Demographic response of a population of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis to climate and longline fishery bycatch. J Appl Ecol 45: 1460-1467
7. Barbraud C, Delord K, Marteau C, Weimerskirch H (2009) Estimates of population size of white-chinned petrels and grey petrels at Kerguelen Islands and sensitivity to fisheries. Anim Conserv 12: 258-265
8. Barnes KN, Ryan PG, Boix-Hinzen C (1997) The impact of the hake Merluccius spp. longline fishery off South Africa on procellariiform seabirds. Biol Conserv 82: 227-234
9. Bartumeus F, Giuggioli L, Louzao M, Bretagnolle V, Oro D, Levin S (2010) Fishery discards distort seabird search patterns. Curr Biol 20: 215-222
10. Beckley L, van der Lingen C (1999) Biology, fishery and management of sardines (Sardinops sagax) in southern African waters. Mar Freshw Res 50: 955-978
11. Berrow SD, Croxall JP, Grant SD (2000) Status of white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus 1758, at Bird Island, South Georgia. Antarct Sci 12: 399-405
12. BirdLife International (2010) Species factsheet: Procellaria aequinoctialis. http://www.birdlife.org
13. Bolker BM, Brooks ME, Clark CJ, Geange SW, Poulsen JR, Stevens MH, White JS (2009) Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolution. Trends Ecol Evol 24: 127-135
14. Bost CA, Thiebot JB, Pinaud D, Cherel Y, Trathan PN (2009) Where do penguins go during the inter-breeding period? Using geolocation to track the winter dispersion of the macaroni penguin. Biol Lett 5: 473-476
15. Burnham KP, Anderson DR (2002) Model selection and multimodel inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. Springer Verlag, New York, NY
16. Canadas A, Sagarminaga R, De Stephanis R, Urquiola E, Hammond PS (2005) Habitat preference modelling as a conservation tool: proposals for marine protected areas for cetaceans in southern Spanish waters. Aquat Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 15: 495-521
17. Catard A, Weimerskirch H, Cherel Y (2000) Exploitation of distant Antarctic waters and close shelf-break waters by white-chinned petrels rearing chicks. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 194: 249-261
18. Cavalieri D, Parkinson C, Gloersen P, Zwally HJ (1996, updated 2008) Sea ice concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I passive microwave data (list dates of temporal coverage used). Digital media. National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO. http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0051-gsfc-seaice. gd.html
19. Delord K, Gasco N, Weimerskirch H, Barbraud C, Micol T (2005) Seabird mortality in the Patagonian toothfish long-line fishery around Crozet and Kerguelen Islands, 2001-2003. CCAMLR Sci 12: 53-80
20. Delord K, Cotté C, Péron C, Marteau C and others (in press) At-sea distribution and diet of an endangered top predator: links of white-chinned petrels with commercial long-line fisheries. Endang Species Res doi:10.3354/esr00309
21. Dormann CF, McPherson JM, Araujo MB, Bivand R (2007) Methods to account for spatial autocorrelation in the analysis of species distributional data: a review. Ecography 30: 609-628
22. Egevang C, Stenhouse IJ, Phillips RA, Petersen A, Fox JW, Silk JRD (2010) Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107: 2078-2081
23. Freitas C, Lydersen C, Fedak MA, Kovacs KM (2008) A simple new algorithm to filter marine mammal Argos locations. Mar Mamm Sci 24: 315-325
24. Gonzâlez-Solis J, Croxall JP, Oro D, Ruiz X (2007a) Trans-equatorial migration and mixing in the wintering areas of a pelagic seabird. Front Ecol Environ 5: 297-301
25. González-Solís J, Croxall JP, Afanasyev V (2007b) Offshore spatial segregation in giant petrels Macronectes spp.: differences between species, sexes and seasons. Aquat Con-serv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst 17: S22-S36
26. Grantham HS, Petersen SL, Possingham H (2008) Reducing bycatch in the South African pelagic longline fishery: the utility of different approaches to fisheries closures. Endang Species Res 5: 291-299
27. Green JA, Boyd IL, Woakes AJ, Warren NL, Butler PJ (2009) Evaluating the prudence of parents: daily energy expenditure throughout the annual cycle of a free-ranging bird, the macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus. J Avian Biol 40: 529-538
28. Grémillet D, Pichegru L, Kuntz G, Woakes AG, Wilkinson S, Crawford RJM, Ryan PG (2008) A junk-food hypothesis for gannets feeding on fishery waste. Proc Biol Sci 275: 1149-1156
29. Gross L (2005) As the Antarctic ice pack recedes, a fragile ecosystem hangs in the balance. PLoS Biol 3: e224
30. Harris U, Orsi A (2001, updated 2006) Locations of the various fronts in the Southern Ocean. Australian Antarctic Data Centre-CAASM Metadata. http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/metadata/metadata-redirect.cfm?md=AMD/AU/ southern-ocean-fronts
31. Hunt GLJ, Gould PJ, Forsell DJ, Peterson HJ (1981) Pelagic distribution of marine birds in the eastern Bering Sea. In: Hood DW, Caulder JA (eds) The eastern Bering Sea shelf: oceanography and resources. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Washington, DC, p 689-717
32. Hutchings L, van der Lingen CD, Shannon LJ, Crawford RJM and others (2009) The Benguela Current: an ecosystem of four components. Prog Oceanogr 83: 15-32
33. Hyrenbach KD, Fernandez P, Anderson DJ (2002) Oceano-graphic habitats of two sympatric North Pacific albatrosses during the breeding season. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 233: 283-301
34. Jackson S (1988) Diets of the white-chinned petrel and sooty shearwater in the southern Benguela region, South Africa. Condor 90: 20-28
35. Jaeger A, Connan M, Richard P, Cherel Y (2010) Use of stable isotopes to quantify seasonal changes of trophic niche and levels of population and individual specialisation in seabirds. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 401: 269-277
36. Jarvis T, Kelly N, Kawaguchi S, van Wijk E, Nicol S (2010) Acoustic characterisation of the broad-scale distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) off East Antarctica (30-80°E) in January-March 2006. Deep-Sea Res II 57: 916-933
37. Jouventin P, Mougin JL, Stahl JC, Weimerskirch H (1985) Comparative biology of the burrowing petrels of the Crozet Islands. Notornis 32: 157-220
38. Kareiva P, Odell G (1987) Swarms of predators exhibit 'prey-taxis' if individual predators use area-restricted search. Am Nat 130: 233-270
39. Lett C, Veitch J, van der Lingen CD, Hutchings L (2007) Assessment of an environmental barrier to transport of ichthyoplankton from the southern to the northern Benguela ecosystems. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 347: 247-259
40. Loeb V, Siegel V, Holm-Hansen O, Hewitt R, Fraser W, Trivelpiece W, Trivelpiece S (1997) Effects of sea-ice extent and krill or salp dominance on the Antarctic food web. Nature 387: 897-900
41. Longhurst A (2007) Ecological geography of the sea. Elsevier Academic Press, Oxford
42. Louzao M, Hyrenbach KD, Arcos JM, Abello P, De Sola LG, Oro D (2006) Oceanographic habitat of an endangered Mediterranean procellariiform: implications for marine protected areas. Ecol Appl 16: 1683-1695
43. Louzao M, Bécares J, Rodríguez B, Hyrenbach KD, Ruiz A, Arcos JM (2009) Combining vessel-based surveys and tracking data to identify key marine areas for seabirds. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 391: 183-197
44. Mackley EK, Phillips RA, Silk JRD, Wakefield ED, Afanasyev V, Fox JW, Furness RW (2010) Free as a bird? activity patterns of albatrosses during the nonbreeding period. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 406: 291-303
45. Martin AR, Poncet S, Barbraud C, Foster E, Fretwell P, Rothery P (2009) The white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequi-noctialis) on South Georgia: population size, distribution and global significance. Polar Biol 32: 655-661
46. McConnell BJ, Chambers C, Fedak MA (1992) Foraging ecology of southern elephant seals in relation to the bathymetry and productivity of the Southern Ocean. Antarct Sci 4: 393-398
47. Miquel JC (1991) Distribution and abundance of post-larval krill (Euphausia superba Dana) near Prydz Bay in summer with reference to environmental conditions. Antarct Sci 3: 279-292
48. Moore JK, Abbott MR, Richman JG (1999) Location and dynamics of the Antarctic Polar Front from satellite sea surface temperature data. J Geophys Res 104: 3059-3073
49. Mougin JL (1968) Etude écologique de quatre espèces de pétrels Antarctiques. Oiseau 38: 1-52
50. Nel DC, Lutjeharms JRE, Pakhomov EA, Ansorge IJ, Ryan PG, Klages NTW (2001) Exploitation of mesoscale oceano-graphic features by grey-headed albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma in the southern Indian Ocean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 217: 15-26
51. Nel DC, Ryan PG, Crawford RJM, Cooper J, Huyser OAW (2002) Population trends of albatrosses and petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Polar Biol 25: 81-89
52. Nicol S, Pauly T, Bindoff NL, Wright SW and others (2000) Ocean circulation off east Antarctica affects ecosystem structure and sea-ice extent. Nature 406: 504-507
53. Okes NC, Hockey PAR, Pichegru L, van der Lingen CD, Crawford RJM, Grémillet D (2009) Competition for shifting resources in the southern Benguela upwelling: Seabirds versus purse-seine fisheries. Biol Conserv 142: 2361-2368
54. Orsi AH, Whitworth T III, Nowlin WD Jr (1995) On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep-Sea Res 42: 641-673
55. Péron C, Authier M, Barbraud C, Delord K, Besson D, Weimerskirch H (2010) Inter-decadal changes in at-sea distribution and abundance of subantarctic seabirds along a latitudinal gradient in the Southern Indian Ocean. Glob Change Biol 16: 1895-1909
56. Petersen SL, Honig MB, Nel DC (2007) The impact of longline fisheries on seabirds in the Benguela Current large marine ecosystem. In: Petersen S, Nel D, Omardien A (eds) Towards an ecosystem approach to longline fisheries in the Benguela: an assessement of impacts on seabirds, sea turtles and sharks. WWF South Africa Report Series-2007/Marine/001. WWF South Africa, Cape Town, p 9-31
57. Phalan B, Phillips RA, Silk JRD, Afanasyev V (2007) Foraging behaviour of four albatross species by night and day. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 340: 271-286
58. Phillips RA, Xavier JC, Croxall JP (2003) Effects of satellite transmitters on albatrosses and petrels. Auk 120: 1082-1090
59. Phillips RA, Silk JRD, Croxall JP, Afanasyev V, Briggs DR (2004) Accuracy of geolocation estimates for flying seabirds. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 266: 265-272
60. Phillips RA, Silk JRD, Croxall JP, Afanasyev V, Bennett VJ (2005) Summer distribution and migration of nonbreeding albatrosses: individual consistencies and implications for conservation. Ecology 86: 2386-2396
61. Phillips RA, Silk JRD, Croxall JP, Afanasyev V (2006) Year-round distribution of white-chinned petrels from South Georgia: relationships with oceanography and fisheries. Biol Conserv 129: 336-347
62. Phillips RA, Catry P, Silk JRD, Bearhop S, McGill R, Afanasyev V, Strange IJ (2007) Movements, winter distribution and activity patterns of Falkland and brown skuas: insights from loggers and isotopes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 345: 281-291
63. Pinaud D, Weimerskirch H (2007) At-sea distribution and scale-dependent foraging behaviour of petrels and albatrosses: a comparative study. J Anim Ecol 76: 9-19
64. Polovina JJ, Howell E, Kobayashi DR, Seki MP (2001) The transition zone chlorophyll front, a dynamic global feature defining migration and forage habitat for marine resources. Prog Oceanogr 49: 469-483
65. R Development Core Team (2009) R: a language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna
66. Rolland V, Barbraud C, Weimerskirch H (2008) Combined effects of fisheries and climate on a migratory long-lived marine predator. J Appl Ecol 45: 4-13
67. Ryan PG, Moloney CL (1988) Effect of trawling on bird and seal distributions in the southern Benguela region. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 45: 1-11
68. Shaffer SA, Tremblay Y, Weimerskirch H, Scott D and others (2006) Migratory shearwaters integrate oceanic resources across the Pacific Ocean in an endless summer. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103: 12799-12802
69. Shannon LV (1985) The Benguela ecosystem I: evolution of the Benguela physical features and processes. Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu Rev 23: 105-183
70. Shannon LV, O'Toole MJ (2003) Sustainability of the Benguela: ex Africa semper aliquid novi. In: Sherman K, Hempel G (eds) Large marine ecosystems of the world: trends in exploitation, protection and research. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 227-253
71. Spear LB, Ainley DG (1997) Flight speed of seabirds in relation to wind speed and direction. Ibis 139: 234-251
72. Summerhayes CP, Hofmeyr PK, Rioux H (1974) Seabirds off the southwestern coast of South Africa. Ostrich 45: 88-109
73. Tremblay Y, Bertrand S, Henry RW, Kappes MA, Costa DP, Shaffer SA (2009) Analytical approaches to investigating seabird-environment interactions: a review. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 391: 153-163
74. Tuck GN, Polacheck T, Croxall JP, Weimerskirch H, Prince PA, Wotherspoon S (1999) The potential of archival tags to provide long-term movement and behaviour data for seabirds: first results from wandering albatross Diomedea exulans of South Georgia and the Crozet Islands. Emu 99: 60-68
75. Tuck GN, Polacheck T, Bulman CM (2003) Spatio-temporal trends of longline fishing effort in the Southern Ocean and implications for seabird bycatch. Biol Conserv 114: 1-27
76. Tynan CT (1998) Ecological importance of the Southern Boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Nature 392: 708-710
77. Watkins BP, Petersen SL, Ryan PG (2008) Interactions between seabirds and deep-water hake trawl gear: an assessment of impacts in South African waters. Anim Conserv 11: 247-254
78. Weimerskirch H (2007) Are seabirds foraging for unpredictable resources? Deep-Sea Res II 54: 211-223
79. Weimerskirch H, Jouventin P, Mougin JL, Stahl JC, Van Beveren M (1985) Banding recoveries and the dispersion of seabirds breeding in French austral and Antarctic territories. Emu 85: 22-23
80. Weimerskirch H, Doncaster CP, Cuenot-Chaillet F (1994) Pelagic seabirds and the marine environment: foraging patterns of wandering albatrosses in relation to prey availability and distribution. Proc Biol Sci 255: 91-97
81. Weimerskirch H, Catard A, Prince PA, Cherel Y, Croxall JP (1999) Foraging white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequi-noctialis at risk: from the tropics to Antarctica. Biol Conserv 87: 273-275
82. Weimerskirch H, Capdeville D, Duhamel G (2000a) Factors affecting the number and mortality of seabirds attending trawlers and long-liners in the Kerguelen area. Polar Biol 23: 236-249
83. Weimerskirch H, Guionnet T, Martin JSSA, Costa DP (2000b) Fast and fuel efficient? Optimal use of wind by flying albatrosses. Proc Biol Sci 267: 1869-1874
84. Wilson RP, Ducamp JJ, Rees G, Culik BM, Niekamp K (1992) Estimation of location: global coverage using light intensity. In: Priede IMSS (ed) Wildlife telemetry: remote monitoring and tracking of animals. Ellis Horward, Chichester, p131-134
85. Woehler EJ (1996) Concurrent decreases in five species of Southern Ocean seabirds in Prydz Bay. Polar Biol 16: 379-382
86. Woehler EJ, Raymond B, Watts DJ (2003) Decadal-scale seabird assemblages in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 251: 299-310
87. Woehler EJ, Raymond B, Boyle A, Stafford A (2010) Seabird assemblages observed during the BROKE-West survey of the Antarctic coastline (30°E-80°E), January-March 2006. Deep-Sea Res II 57: 982-991
88. Zuur AF, Ieno EN, Walker NJ, Saveliev AA, Smith GM (2009) Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R. Springer, New York, NY
89. Zwally HJ, Comiso JC, Parkinson CL, Cavalieri DJ, Gloersen P (2002) Variability of Antarctic sea ice 1979-1998. J Geophys Res 107: 3041 doi:10.1029/2000JC000733