Preliminary investigations of prey pursuit and capture by king penguins at sea
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Prey pursuit and capture by king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) were investigated with multiple data recorders in the Crozet Archipelago during the 1995/96 austral summer. Birds were fitted with a swim speed and depth data logger that sampled every second making possible fine-scale analyses of underwater behavior. Data were obtained for two birds for periods of 2.5 and 2.9 days, respectively. During each dive deeper than 30m, the swimming speed was constant at around 2m/s, defined as "cruising" speed. However, steep acceleration events ("dashes") were observed. These dashes occurred in "U", "W" and "Plateau" shaped dives. Based on their shape, these dashes were separated into "Rushes" (28% of all dash events) where penguins moved upward and increased their speed from the cruising speed; "Adjusts" (59%) where penguins swam also upward and increased their speed to return to cruising speed after a short slow-down, and "Intermediates" (13%) which were "Adjusts" events that briefly overshot the cruising speed. "Rushes" mainly occurred at the bottom phase of deep dives. They were followed by other dash events in 80% of cases. Moreover, "Rushes" lasted longer and the distance traveled during them was bigger compared to other dash events. "Adjusts" events were observed at the bottom phase and early part of the ascent phase. They were single events within a dive in 50% of cases. These results suggested that dashes, especially "Rushes" may be the main pursuit and capturing behavior performed by king penguins on patchily distributed preys in water deeper than 100m.
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著者
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Kato Akiko
National Institute of Polar Research
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SATO Katsufumi
National Institute of Polar Research
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Naito Yasuhiko
National Inst. Of Polar Res. Tokyo Jpn
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Kato A
National Inst. Polar Res. Tokyo
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Sato K
Ehime Univ. Matsuyama
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Ropert‐coudert Y
National Inst. Polar Res. Tokyo
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Ropert-Coudert Yan
Department of Polar Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
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Charrassin Jean-Benoit
Centre d'Ecologie et de Physiologie Energetiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Bost Charles-Andre
Centre d'Ecologie et de Physiologie Energetiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Maho Yvon
Centre d'Ecologie et de Physiologie Energetiques, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
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Maho Yvon
Centre D'ecologie Et De Physiologie Energetiques Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
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Bost Charles-andre
Centre D'ecologie Et De Physiologie Energetiques Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
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Charrassin Jean-benoit
Centre D'ecologie Et De Physiologie Energetiques Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
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