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- Title
Geolocator-tracking seabird migration and moult reveal largescale, temperature-driven isoscapes in the NE Atlantic.
- Authors
Atkins, Kelly; Bearhop, Stuart; Bodey, Thomas W.; Grecian, W. James; Hamer, Keith; Pereira, Jorge M.; Meinertzhagen, Hannah; Mitchell, Chris; Morgan, Greg; Morgan, Lisa; Newton, Jason; Sherley, Richard B.; Votier, Stephen C.
- Abstract
Rationale: By combining precision satellite-tracking with blood sampling, seabirds can be used to validate marine carbon and nitrogen isoscapes, but it is unclear whether a comparable approach using low-precision light-level geolocators (GLS) and feather sampling can be similarly effective. Methods: Here we used GLS to identify wintering areas of northern gannets (Morus bassanus) and sampled winter grown feathers (confirmed from image analysis of nonbreeding birds) to test for spatial gradients in δ13C and δ15N in the NE Atlantic. Results: By matching winter-grown feathers with the non-breeding location of tracked birds we found latitudinal gradients in δ13C and δ15N in neritic waters. Moreover, isotopic patterns were best explained by sea surface temperature. Similar isotope gradients were found in fish muscle sampled at local ports. Conclusions: Our study reveals the potential of using seabird GLS and feathers to reconstruct large-scale isotopic patterns.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL satellite tracking; OCEAN temperature; MOLTING; IMAGE analysis
- Publication
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: RCM, 2023, Vol 37, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
0951-4198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/rcm.9489