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Foraging Patterns of the Antarctic Shag in Antarctica 169 FORAGING PATTERNS of the ANTARCTIC SHAG PHALACROCORAX BRANSFIELDENSIS at HARMONY POINT, ANTARCTICA

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Foraging Patterns of the Antarctic Shag in Antarctica 169 FORAGING PATTERNS of the ANTARCTIC SHAG PHALACROCORAX BRANSFIELDENSIS at HARMONY POINT, ANTARCTICA Casaux & Bertolin: Foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag in Antarctica 169 FORAGING PATTERNS OF THE ANTARCTIC SHAG PHALACROCORAX BRANSFIELDENSIS AT HARMONY POINT, ANTARCTICA R. CASAUX1,2 & M.L. BERTOLIN1 1Instituto Antártico Argentino, Av. 25 de Mayo N° 1143 (1650) General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina ([email protected]) 2Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica (CONICET-UNPSJB), Roca 780, 9200 Esquel, Chubut, Argentina. Received 11 June 2018, accepted 26 July 2018 ABSTRACT CASAUX, R. & BERTOLIN, M.L. 2018. Foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis at Harmony Point, Antarctica. Marine Ornithology 46: 169–175. During the 1995 and 1996 summer seasons, the foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis were studied by direct observation at Harmony Point, Nelson Island, South Shetland Islands. During pre-laying and incubation, individuals of both sexes usually foraged once a day—females early in the morning and males when their partners returned to their nests. Due to increasing energy requirements at the nest, rearing individuals increased the daily time invested in foraging activities, displaying more—but shorter—foraging trips. The reduction in the duration of the foraging trips through the breeding season suggests that Antarctic shags budget their activities to buffer variable food abundance or energy requirements at their nests. Here, we discuss the possibility of using the foraging parameters measured in this study in ecosystem monitoring programs. Keywords: Cormorants, feeding effort, South Shetland Islands, ecosystem monitoring INTRODUCTION Schwarze 1968, Burger 1976). Curiously, for the Antarctic Shag at the Antarctic Peninsula, Bernstein & Maxson (1984) reported The Antarctic Shag Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis inhabits the synchronised, colony-wide, daily foraging rhythms for each sex. Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands (SSI). The Later, these activity patterns, as well as changes throughout the estimated population size is 10 900 breeding pairs (Orta 1992). breeding season, were also reported for Antarctic Shags at the SSI Although this figure might be an underestimate, a steady decline (Favero et al. 1998). However, the effect of brood size and chick in the number of breeding pairs has been reported over the last growth on adult activity patterns remained unknown. 25 years at several colonies within their breeding range (Woehler et al. 2001, Naveen et al. 2000, Casaux & Barrera-Oro 2006). The Cairns (1987) suggested that variation in the time budgets of most likely explanation for the decrease at the SSI is the continuing marine birds would correlate with prey availability (see also low availability of formerly abundant fish prey, Gobionotothen Burger & Piatt 1990, Montevecchi 1993, Monaghan et al. 1994). gibberifrons and Notothenia rossii, in inshore waters due to Therefore, study of the foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag, in commercial fishing at the end of the 1970s (Casaux et al. 2002, conjunction with information on prey availability, could provide Casaux & Barrera-Oro 2006, Ainley & Blight 2009). qualitative information on fish populations, and may provide an understanding of the relationship between prey availability and Regarding foraging strategies, several studies have documented the shags’ population trend described above. Here we report the daytime activity rhythms in colonial seabirds (Snow 1963, Muller- foraging patterns observed in the Antarctic Shag at Harmony Point, SSI, throughout the 1995 and 1996 breeding seasons, an aspect of this bird’s biology that has received little attention until now. METHODS Our study was conducted at Harmony Point (62°17′24ʺS, 59°13′50ʺW) (Fig. 1), Nelson Island, SSI, from 28 October 1995 to 16 February 1996 (hereafter 1995 breeding season) and from 27 October 1996 to 21 February 1997 (1996 breeding season). We acquired 10 224 bird-hours of observation—4608 in 1995 and 5616 in 1996—by monitoring 13–18 nests simultaneously during 14 complete days (6 and 8 d in each season, respectively) throughout the breeding seasons. A total of 952 foraging trips were recorded (360 and 592 trips in 1995 and 1996, respectively), noting the time of departure from and return to the colony, and the daily number and duration of Fig. 1. Location of the study area. foraging trips. Observations were performed “ad libitum” (Altmann Marine Ornithology 46: 169–175 (2018) 170 Casaux & Bertolin: Foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag in Antarctica 1974) with the naked eye, or using an 8´23 binocular at a distance of 2 We also recorded the beginning and ending of foraging activity and and 20 m from the closest and the farthest nests, respectively; we did the duration of the foraging trips obtained in 1995, during seven not detect any reaction of the shags to the presence of the observer. observations shorter than 24 h in duration (1 172 bird-h). TABLE 1 First departure from and last return to the nest according to reproductive status of Antarctic Shags at Harmony Point during the 1995/96 (A) and 1996/97 (B) breeding seasons A Mean SD Range n Females pre-laying departure 08h47 02h16 06h08-13h50** 31 Females incubating departure 07h09 01h14 05h53-09h48 23 Females breeding departure 07h45 01h52 05h58-12h46 29 Females overall departure 07h58 01h59 05h53-13h50 83 Males pre-laying departure 14h00 02h29 09h53-19h11 47 Males incubating departure 15h14 01h50 11h07-18h16** 30 Males breeding departure 13h19 02h34 08h37-19h11 34 Males overall departure 14h05 02h22 08h37-19h11 102 Females pre-laying arrival 13h40 03h09 09h00-22h05 31 Females incubating arrival 12h30 02h42 08h13-19h02 23 Females breeding arrival 15h16 02h17 10h05-20h07** 29 Females overall arrival 13h54 02h56 08h13-22h05 83 Males pre-laying arrival 18h06 02h47 11h11-22h54 47 Males incubating arrival 19h34 02h28 11h50-22h40 30 Males breeding arrival 20h07 01h18 16h34-23h03*** 34 Males overall arrival 19h00 02h32 11h11-23h03 102 B Mean SD Range n Females pre-laying departure 07h39 00h43 07h27-10h46 20 Females incubating departure 08h06 01h59 06h48-13h40† 27 Females breeding departure 08h14 02h27 05h27-19h12 66 Females overall departure 08h06 02h08 05h27-19h12 113 Males pre-laying departure 14h04 01h39 11h21-15h59 20 Males incubating departure 14h17 02h07 09h50-20h27† 28 Males breeding departure 12h02 02h19 07h29-18h21**† 67 Males overall departure 12h56 02h24 07h29-20h27 115 Females pre-laying arrival 12h21 01h42 09h26-15h17 20 Females incubating arrival 11h57 02h32 09h30-16h40 27 Females breeding arrival 17h13 03h39 07h58-23h59**† 66 Females overall arrival 15h06 04h00 09h30-23h59 113 Males pre-laying arrival 18h45 02h04 14h05-22h13 20 Males incubating arrival 19h41 02h07 12h31-22h24 28 Males breeding arrival 20h28 01h23 16h41-23h3** 67 Males overall arrival 19h59 01h49 12h31-23h36 115 Asterisks indicates significant inter-reproductive status differences: * P<0.05; ** P<0.01; *** P<0.001. Light cross indicates significant differences between breeding seasons: † P<0.01. Marine Ornithology 46: 169–175 (2018) Casaux & Bertolin: Foraging patterns of the Antarctic Shag in Antarctica 171 The colony was mapped and the nests numbered. To prevent Effect of reproductive status misidentification of the members of a pair, males were banded on the right leg and females on the left leg. Laying, hatching, and chick In 1995, there were differences in the start and end of foraging dying dates at each nest were recorded every second day during activity related to the reproductive status of females (Kruskal- visits to the colony. Therefore, the number of eggs and chicks, and Wallis, F = 5.18, P<0.01 and F = 6.59, P<0.01 respectively) and the age of the chicks present at each nest, were known. Times were males (F = 5.93, P<0.01 and F = 8.04, P<0.001) (Table 1A). recorded to the nearest minute using a portable tape-recorder. The Females started foraging significantly later during pre-laying, time was expressed in local time (3 h behind Greenwich Mean whereas females with eggs or young finished foraging significantly Time). Any trips that were made for bathing (at short distances later. Males started foraging significantly later during incubation, from the colony) or for collecting nest material, as well as “Circle and as the breeding season progressed they finished foraging later. flights” (sensu Van Tets 1965), were recorded as such and were excluded from the analysis. Therefore, in contrast to data gathered In 1996, the start of foraging did not vary statistically with the by biologging, the information gathered in this study specifically reproductive status of females (Table 1B). However, the end reflects the time that individual birds spent foraging. of foraging varied according to reproductive status (F = 36.07, P<0.01); breeding females finished foraging activity markedly later RESULTS than during pre-laying and incubation. Both the start (F = 13.99, P<0.01) and end (F = 8.13, P<0.01) of foraging varied with the In 1995, overall foraging activity took place between 05h53 and reproductive status of males during the 1996 breeding season. 23h03 (Table 1). In 1996, overall foraging was more extended than During chick rearing, males started and finished foraging earlier in the previous season. During this season, males started to forage and later, respectively, compared with other periods. Comparison earlier (Mann-Whitney U-Test (M-W), P<0.001), and individuals of of data between breeding seasons shows that in 1996, incubating both sexes finished foraging later than in 1995 (M-W, P<0.05 and females started foraging later (M-W, P<0.01) and rearing females P<0.01 for females and males, respectively). The period of foraging ended foraging later (M-W, P<0.001) than in 1995. In 1996, activity increased throughout the breeding season (Spearman incubating and rearing males started foraging earlier than in 1995 test, r = 0.89, P<0.0001 for males, and r = 0.75, P<0.01 for (M-W, P<0.05 and P<0.05, respectively).
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