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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13287
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carbon; generalist; Kerguelen; nitrogen; Southern Ocean
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The study investigates the links between foraging success, foraging effort, and diet in a myctophid specialist seabird, the King Penguin. It shows that despite variable foraging conditions, the penguins maintain a stable diet based on isotopic signatures. However, when foraging success is low, the penguins spend more time at sea.
The links between foraging success, foraging effort and diet in a myctophid specialist seabird, the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus, were investigated during seven breeding seasons using tracking and isotopic data. Despite the variable foraging conditions encountered by the birds, isotopic signatures (a proxy for diet) were invariable throughout the study. On the other hand, penguins stayed longer at sea when the foraging success indices (i.e. prey capture attempts per day and mass gained per day) were low. Although King Penguins can compensate for low prey capture rates by increasing foraging effort, their specialist diet during reproduction makes the species particularly sensitive to prey availability, with its conservation tightly linked to its main prey.
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