Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?
dc.contributor.author | Ryan, P G | |
dc.contributor.author | Petersen, S L | |
dc.contributor.author | Simeone, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Grémillet, D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-14T11:06:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-14T11:06:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-01-22T09:42:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | African penguins Spheniscus demersus closely resemble Magellanic S. magellanicus and Humboldt S. humboldti penguins and have similar breeding and feeding ecologies. Adults feed on pelagic schooling fish in continental shelf waters, but African penguins have been reported to have shallower dive angles and remain submerged longer for dives to a given depth than their congeners. The few data for African penguins were gathered using relatively large time-depth recorders. We measured diving behaviour of 36 African penguins provisioning small chicks at three colonies near Cape Town, South Africa. Maximum and mean dive depths were 69m and 14m respectively. Diving took place mainly during the day. Although dive depths differed between colonies, there were no significant differences in dive duration or maximum, median or mean depth. Total dive duration, descent time, bottom time, ascent time and dive angle all were strongly correlated with the maximum depth attained. The diving behaviour of African penguins is similar to that of its congeners. Diving performance probably was compromised by the data-logger used in the previous study. Comparative data from Humboldt penguins also indicate potential biases in an earlier study of this species. Care is needed when comparing the diving performance of penguins measured using different loggers. | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.2.1.184 | |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Ryan, P. G., Petersen, S. L., Simeone, A., & Grémillet, D. (2007). Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?. <i>African Journal of Marine Science</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22529 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ryan, P G, S L Petersen, A Simeone, and D Grémillet "Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?." <i>African Journal of Marine Science</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22529 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Ryan, P. G., Petersen, S. L., Simeone, A., & Grémillet, D. (2007). Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?. African Journal of Marine Science, 29(2), 153-160. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1814-232X | |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ryan, P G AU - Petersen, S L AU - Simeone, A AU - Grémillet, D AB - African penguins Spheniscus demersus closely resemble Magellanic S. magellanicus and Humboldt S. humboldti penguins and have similar breeding and feeding ecologies. Adults feed on pelagic schooling fish in continental shelf waters, but African penguins have been reported to have shallower dive angles and remain submerged longer for dives to a given depth than their congeners. The few data for African penguins were gathered using relatively large time-depth recorders. We measured diving behaviour of 36 African penguins provisioning small chicks at three colonies near Cape Town, South Africa. Maximum and mean dive depths were 69m and 14m respectively. Diving took place mainly during the day. Although dive depths differed between colonies, there were no significant differences in dive duration or maximum, median or mean depth. Total dive duration, descent time, bottom time, ascent time and dive angle all were strongly correlated with the maximum depth attained. The diving behaviour of African penguins is similar to that of its congeners. Diving performance probably was compromised by the data-logger used in the previous study. Comparative data from Humboldt penguins also indicate potential biases in an earlier study of this species. Care is needed when comparing the diving performance of penguins measured using different loggers. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - African Journal of Marine Science KW - African penguin KW - dive angle KW - dive depth KW - dive duration KW - logger impacts KW - Spheniscus LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 SM - 1814-232X T1 - Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins? TI - Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22529 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22529 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2989/AJMS.2007.29.2.1.184 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ryan PG, Petersen SL, Simeone A, Grémillet D. Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins?. African Journal of Marine Science. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22529. | en_ZA |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | National Inquiry Services Centre | |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Biological Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Science | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.source | African Journal of Marine Science | |
dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tams20/current | |
dc.subject | African penguin | |
dc.subject | dive angle | |
dc.subject | dive depth | |
dc.subject | dive duration | |
dc.subject | logger impacts | |
dc.subject | Spheniscus | |
dc.title | Diving behaviour of African penguins: do they differ from other Spheniscus penguins? | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | |
uct.type.resource | Article |