Straight Line Foraging in Yellow-Eyed Penguins: New Insights into Cascading Fisheries Effects and Orientation Capabilities of Marine Predators

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Straight Line Foraging in Yellow-Eyed Penguins: New Insights into Cascading Fisheries Effects and Orientation Capabilities of Marine Predators

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Free-ranging marine predators rarely search for prey along straight lines because dynamic ocean processes usually require complex search strategies. If linear movement patterns occur they are usually associated with travelling events or migratory behaviour. However, recent fine scale tracking of flying seabirds has revealed straight-line movements while birds followed fishing vessels. Unlike flying seabirds, penguins are not known to target and follow fishing vessels. Yet yellow-eyed penguins...

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2013-12-18

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Mattern, Thomas / Ellenberg, Ursula / Houston, David M. / Lamare, Miles / Davis, Lloyd S. / van Heezik, Yolanda / Seddon, Philip J.

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/31043

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Multidisciplinary Sciences / Science & Technology / Science & Technology - Other Topics

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