Satellite tracking of Wandering albatrosses

Jouventin, Pierre; Weimerskirch, Henri

doi:10.1038/343746a0

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“…Over the last decade the increasing miniaturisation and reliability of transmitters and improvements in the location system have started to allow large-scale movements to be accurately charted. For example, satellite tracking has been used to record the movements of penguins (Jouventin et al 1994, Hull et al 1997, albatrosses (Jouventin & Weimerskirch 1990), narwhals (Dietz & Heidejorgensen 1995), porpoises (Read & Westgate 1997), seals (McConnell & Fedak 1#996) and right whales (Mate et al 1997). …”

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Changes in behaviour during the inter-nesting period and post-nesting migration for Ascension Island green turtles

Hays¹,

Luschi²,

Papi³

et al. 1999

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Satellite transmitters were attached to green turtles Chelonia mydas while they were nesting on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic (7"57'S, 14"22'W) and individuals were subsequently monitored during the inter-nesting period and the post-nesting migration to Brazil. During the inter-nesting period, data from the transmitters suggested that turtles generally stayed within 5 km of the nesting beach on which they had originally been observed. During both the inter-nesting period and migration, turtles were submerged the vast majority (>95%) of the tune, suggesting that they neither basked at the surface nor drifted passively during migration to any great extent. There was a clear dichotomy in submergence behaviour, with submergences tending to be of short duration during postnesting migration (mean = 7.3 rnin, 3318 h of data from 5 individuals) and of longer duration during the inter-nesting period (mean = 22.1 min, 714 h of data from 5 different in&viduals). As submergence duration is generally linked to activity levels in sea turtles, this pattern suggests that turtles were comparatively inactive during the inter-nesting period and comparatively active dunng migration. During both the inter-nesting period and the post-nesting migration, die1 submergence patterns were detected with dive duration tending to be longer at night. As the turtles migrated WSW from Ascension Island, there was a reduction in their speed of travel. A numerical model of the near-surface currents suggested that this reduction was associated with the weakening of the WSW flow of the prevailing South Atlantic Equatorial Current.

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Changes in behaviour during the inter-nesting period and post-nesting migration for Ascension Island green turtles

Hays¹,

Luschi²,

Papi³

et al. 1999

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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“…The transoceanic homing flights of displaced Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus), Laysan albatrosses (Diomedea immutabilis) and Leach's petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) have often been mentioned (Matthews, 1953;Kenyon & Rice, 1958;Billings, 1968). Recently, recordings of foraging flights have shown that the Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) has a fantastic ability to pinpoint its small home island after flights of thousands of kilometers (Jouventin & Weimerskirch, 1990). The mechanisms underlying these performances are unknown, but results obtained with other birds suggest that sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field might be involved.…”

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Homing of Cory's shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea)carrying magnets

Massa

Ioalè

Valvo

et al. 1991

Bolletino di zoologia

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“…Better identification of patterns of vagrancy will result from documentation of additional records of vagrant auklets and other seabirds, collation of published and often hidden unpublished historical records, and better understanding of weather patterns. Stable isotope analysis, genetics, and satellite tracking also hold promise to assist identification of source localities or populations of some vagrants (Jouventin and Weimerskirch 1990;Fox et al 2007;Pyle 2009;Birt et al 2011;Landers et al 2011).…”

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