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Processing of acceleration and dive data on-board satellite relay tags to investigate diving and foraging behaviour in free-ranging marine predators.
Cox, Sam L; Orgeret, Florian; Gesta, Mathieu; Rodde, Charles; Heizer, Isaac; Weimerskirch, Henri; Guinet, Christophe.
Afiliação
  • Cox SL; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
  • Orgeret F; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
  • Gesta M; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
  • Rodde C; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
  • Heizer I; Wildlife Computers Redmond WA USA.
  • Weimerskirch H; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
  • Guinet C; Centre d'Etudes Biologique de Chizé U.M.R. 7372 - CNRS & Universitié de La Rochelle Villiers-en-Bois France.
Methods Ecol Evol ; 9(1): 64-77, 2018 01.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29456829
ABSTRACT
Biologging technologies are changing the way in which the marine environment is observed and monitored. However, because device retrieval is typically required to access the high-resolution data they collect, their use is generally restricted to those animals that predictably return to land. Data abstraction and transmission techniques aim to address this, although currently these are limited in scope and do not incorporate, for example, acceleration measurements which can quantify animal behaviours and movement patterns over fine-scales.In this study, we present a new method for the collection, abstraction and transmission of accelerometer data from free-ranging marine predators via the Argos satellite system. We test run the technique on 20 juvenile southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina from the Kerguelen Islands during their first months at sea following weaning. Using retrieved archival data from nine individuals that returned to the colony, we compare and validate abstracted transmissions against outputs from established accelerometer processing procedures.Abstracted transmissions included estimates, across five segments of a dive profile, of time spent in prey catch attempt (PrCA) behaviours, swimming effort and pitch. These were then summarised and compared to archival outputs across three dive phases descent, bottom and ascent. Correlations between the two datasets were variable but generally good (dependent on dive phase, marginal R2 values of between .45 and .6 to >.9) and consistent between individuals. Transmitted estimates of PrCA behaviours and swimming effort were positively biased to those from archival processing.Data from this study represent some of the first remotely transmitted quantifications from accelerometers. The methods presented and analysed can be used to provide novel insight towards the behaviours and movements of free-ranging marine predators, such as juvenile southern elephant seals, from whom logger retrieval is challenging. Future applications could however benefit from some adaption, particularly to reduce positive bias in transmitted PrCA behaviours and swimming effort, for which this study provides useful insight.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Methods Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Bases de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: Methods Ecol Evol Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article