期刊
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
卷 87, 期 6, 页码 1293-1312出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12828
关键词
AUV; feeding ecology; Guadalupe Island; REMUS; tracking
资金
- Discovery Communications
- Big Wave Productions
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
In this study, an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) was used to test this technology as a viable tool for directly observing the behaviour of marine animals and to investigate the behaviour, habitat use and feeding ecology of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias near Guadalupe Island off the coast of Mexico. During the period 31 October to 7 November 2013, six AUV missions were conducted to track one male and three female C. carcharias, ranging in estimated total length (L-T) from 39 to 57 m, off the north-east coast of Guadalupe Island. In doing so, the AUV generated over 13 h of behavioural data for C. carcharias at depths down to 90 m. The sharks remained in the area for the duration of each mission and moved through broad depth and temperature ranges from the surface to 1638 m depth (mean +/- s.d. = 1125 +/- 403 m) and 79-271 degrees C (mean +/- s.d. = 127 +/- 29 degrees C), respectively. Video footage and AUV sensor data revealed that two of the C. carcharias being tracked and eight other C. carcharias in the area approached (n = 17), bumped (n = 4) and bit (n = 9) the AUV during these tracks. This study demonstrated that an AUV can be used to effectively track and observe the behaviour of a large pelagic animal, C. carcharias. In doing so, the first observations of subsurface predatory behaviour were generated for this species. At its current state of development, this technology clearly offers a new and innovative tool for tracking the fine-scale behaviour of marine animals.
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