{"id":3462,"date":"2018-07-23T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/?p=3462"},"modified":"2021-02-26T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:23:26","slug":"light-loggers-and-stable-isotopes-contribute-to-identify-moult-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/2018\/07\/light-loggers-and-stable-isotopes-contribute-to-identify-moult-locations\/","title":{"rendered":"Light loggers and stable isotopes contribute to identify moult locations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-sizing-large\"><strong><strong><strong>Seabird distribution and diet during at-sea moult are often unclear. A new study uses light loggers and stable isotopes in feathers to identify distribution and diet in common guillemot, razorbill and Atlantic puffin during moult.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"has-sizing-medium\">Most seabirds moult feathers outside the breeding season when they are at sea. Moulting is a very energy-demanding process, which can result in high mortality rates. During feather moult, the auks are flightless, making them particularly vulnerable to changes in the environment. It is therefore important to acquire knowledge about the auks\u2019 spatial and trophic ecology during this process. In this study, researchers used data from bird-borne light loggers and stable isotope analyses. Coupling these two types of data enabled a quantification of species-specific foraging locations and individual trophic variability during feather moult in three auk populations breeding on the Isle of May, Scotland \u2013 common guillemots, razorbills and Atlantic puffins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the article:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.int-res.com\/articles\/meps_oa\/m599p239.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moult location and diet of auks in the North Sea, inferred from coupled light-based and isotope-based geolocation<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sizing-medium\">The study shows that inferred foraging areas during moult varied between species but also depended on the types of feather analyzed. Puffins likely remained off the east coast of Scotland, razorbills along the east coast of England and into the southern North Sea and guillemots within the southern North Sea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lomvi-m-logger-el-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lomvi-m-logger-el-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lomvi-m-logger-el-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lomvi-m-logger-el-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lomvi-m-logger-el.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Light sensors can collect several types of data on seabirds, and they are used on a range of species. The common guillemot in the photo has a light sensor attached to a plastic band around its left leg.<\/strong><br>Photo: Erlend Lorentzen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sizing-medium\">Estimates of individual trophic position showed that guillemots consistently foraged at higher trophic levels than razorbills and puffins. Combining the two data types increases knowledge of foraging area and diet in seabirds outside the breeding season during moult. This kind of information is very valuable both for decisions regarding development of offshore constructions, and in developing effective conservation strategies regarding anthropogenic activities, such as fisheries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-sizing-medium\">Contact persons:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seapop.no\/profiles\/hallvard-strom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hallvard Str\u00f8m<\/a>&nbsp;(NPI) and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seapop.no\/profiles\/kjell-einar-erikstad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kjell Einar Erikstad<\/a>&nbsp;(NINA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seabird distribution and diet during at-sea moult are often unclear. A new study uses light &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/2018\/07\/light-loggers-and-stable-isotopes-contribute-to-identify-moult-locations\/\">Les videre<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abLight loggers and stable isotopes contribute to identify moult locations\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"large":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"default":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false],"square":["https:\/\/seapop.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/alke-lomvi-lunde-rtbjpg-41326257.jpg",300,168,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Erlend Lorentzen","author_link":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/author\/erlend\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Seabird distribution and diet during at-sea moult are often unclear. A new study uses light &hellip; Les videre \u00abLight loggers and stable isotopes contribute to identify moult locations\u00bb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3468,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3462\/revisions\/3468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seapop.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}