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Zimmer, Ilka; Wilson, Rory P; Gilbert, Caroline; Beaulieu, Michaël; Ancel, André; Plötz, Joachim; Bornemann, Horst (2008): At surface behaviour of emperor penguins from Pointe Géologie, Adélie Land, Antarctica, from expedition DDU 2005. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.633712, Supplement to: Zimmer, Ilka; Wilson, Rory P; Gilbert, Caroline; Beaulieu, Michaël; Ancel, André; Plötz, Joachim (2008): Foraging movements of emperor penguins at Pointe Géologie, Antarctica. Polar Biology, 31(2), 229-243, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-007-0352-5

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Abstract:
The foraging distributions of 20 breeding emperor penguins were investigated at Pointe Géologie, Terre Adélie, Antarctica by using satellite telemetry in 2005 and 2006 during early and late winter, as well as during late spring and summer, corresponding to incubation, early chick-brooding, late chick-rearing and the adult pre-moult period, respectively. Dive depth records of three post-egg-laying females, two post-incubating males and four late chick-rearing adults were examined, as well as the horizontal space use by these birds. Foraging ranges of chick-provisioning penguins extended over the Antarctic shelf and were constricted by winter pack-ice. During spring ice break-up, the foraging ranges rarely exceeded the shelf slope, although seawater access was apparently almost unlimited. Winter females appeared constrained in their access to open water but used fissures in the sea ice and expanded their prey search effort by expanding the horizontal search component underwater. Birds in spring however, showed higher area-restricted-search than did birds in winter. Despite different seasonal foraging strategies, chick-rearing penguins exploited similar areas as indicated by both a high 'Area-Restricted-Search Index' and high 'Catch Per Unit Effort'. During pre-moult trips, emperor penguins ranged much farther offshore than breeding birds, which argues for particularly profitable oceanic feeding areas which can be exploited when the time constraints imposed by having to return to a central place to provision the chick no longer apply.
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Median Latitude: -65.606129 * Median Longitude: 142.199351 * South-bound Latitude: -68.455000 * West-bound Longitude: 131.594000 * North-bound Latitude: -60.598000 * East-bound Longitude: 159.345000
Date/Time Start: 2005-10-31T00:35:05 * Date/Time End: 2006-01-20T13:57:27
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DDU2005_emp_a_f_02 * Latitude Start: -66.668000 * Longitude Start: 139.996000 * Latitude End: -66.660000 * Longitude End: 140.026000 * Date/Time Start: 2005-10-31T00:35:00 * Date/Time End: 2005-11-09T06:52:00 * Location: Dumont d´Urville Trough * Campaign: DDU2005 * Basis: Dumont d´Urville Station * Method/Device: Marine endotherm (MET) * Comment: Aptenodytes forsteri, adult female
DDU2005_emp_a_f_07 * Latitude Start: -66.668000 * Longitude Start: 140.000000 * Latitude End: -65.954000 * Longitude End: 136.131000 * Date/Time Start: 2005-11-02T00:08:00 * Date/Time End: 2006-01-14T22:41:00 * Location: Dumont d´Urville Trough * Campaign: DDU2005 * Basis: Dumont d´Urville Station * Method/Device: Marine endotherm (MET) * Comment: Aptenodytes forsteri, adult female
DDU2005_emp_a_f_18 * Latitude Start: -66.670000 * Longitude Start: 139.990000 * Latitude End: -66.673000 * Longitude End: 139.996000 * Date/Time Start: 2005-11-13T04:32:00 * Date/Time End: 2006-01-15T06:21:00 * Location: Dumont d´Urville Trough * Campaign: DDU2005 * Basis: Dumont d´Urville Station * Method/Device: Marine endotherm (MET) * Comment: Aptenodytes forsteri, adult female
Comment:
The foraging distributions of 20 breeding emperor penguins were investigated at Pointe Géologie, Terre Adélie, Antarctica, by using satellite telemetry in 2005 and 2006. Data derived from transmitter deployments in early and late austral winter, late spring and summer, correspond to incubation, early chick-brooding, late chick-rearing and the adult pre-moult period, respectively. ARGOS satellite location data of 15 emperor penguins correspond to austral spring and summer distribution of the birds. Data sets detailing the winter distribution (n = 5; archived elsewhere) were provided by A. Ancel, Centre d'Ecologie et Physiologie Energétiques, CNRS, Strasbourg, France.
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  1. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_f_02 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472121
  2. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_f_07 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472122
  3. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_f_18 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472124
  4. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_f_18 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472125
  5. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_f_19 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472126
  6. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_m_04 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472140
  7. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_m_10 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472128
  8. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_m_13 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472130
  9. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_m_14 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472131
  10. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_m_15 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472132
  11. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_03 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472134
  12. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_05 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472135
  13. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_06 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472136
  14. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_08 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472137
  15. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_16 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472138
  16. Zimmer, I; Ancel, A; Plötz, J et al. (2008): At surface behaviour at location on spot of emperor penguin DDU2005_emp_a_x_17 from Pointe-Géologie. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.472139