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Hedd, A; Montevecchi, WA; Otley, H; Phillips, RA; Fifield, DA
Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek), 03/2012, Volume: 449Journal Article
The distributions of many marine birds, particularly those that are highly pelagic, remain poorly known outside the breeding period. Here we use geolocator-immersion loggers to study trans-equatorial migration, activity patterns and habitat use of sooty shearwaters Puffinus griseus from Kidney Island, Falkland Islands, during the 2008 and 2009 nonbreeding seasons. Between mid March and mid April, adults commenced a similar to 3 wk, >15000 km northward migration. Most birds (72%) staged in the northwest Atlantic from late April to early June in deep, warm and relatively productive waters west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ( similar to 43-55 degree N, similar to 32-43 degree W) in what we speculate is an important moulting area. Primary feathers grown during the moult had average delta super(15)N and delta super(13)C values of 13.4 +/- 1.8ppt and -18.9 +/- 0.5ppt, respectively. Shearwaters moved into shallow, warm continental shelf waters of the eastern Canadian Grand Bank in mid June and resided there for the northern summer. Migrant Puffinus shearwaters from the southern hemisphere are the primary avian consumers of fish within this ecosystem in summer. During migration birds flew for 78% of the day and 59% of the night, whereas when resident in the northern hemisphere they spent much of their time on the water (70% daylight, 90% darkness). Shearwaters moved south late August to mid September, completing the similar to 30000 km figure-of-eight round trip migration in similar to 2 to 3 wk. The Northern Patagonian Shelf and Argentine Basin were used as a terminal stopover site, where most (79%) shearwaters spent similar to 1 wk before first returning to the breeding colony for the season. Year-round tracking of seabirds aids the identification of important marine areas and highlights regions where conservation efforts need to be focused.
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