{999A9551-D701-4CF5-9373-131D3DD8D969}2005051219291400FALSE20060710171619002006081512091700Europa IslandMozambique Channelsea birdsforagingPlatformVesselsSightingsMicrosoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722enWe investigated the foraging habitats of the winter breeding community of tropical seabirds from Europa Island (Mozambique Channel) in September 2003. We focused our study on the dominant species of this austral community, the sooty tern (<i>Sterna fuscata</i>), the red-footed booby (<i>Sula sula</i>), and the frigatebirds, including the great (<i>Fregata minor</i>) and the lesser frigatebirds (<i>F. ariel</i>). We considered the at-sea distribution and abundance of these species in relation to chlorophyll concentration, sea surface temperatures, sea surface height anomalies, depth of the thermocline, distance to the colony, and presence of surface marine predators, flying fishes and other seabirds. Although the marine environment where seabirds foraged was oligotrophic, it presents the best feeding opportunities for seabirds for the area in winter.<br><br> Our study demonstrates that the winter-breeding seabird species of Europa Island tend to forage in productive waters in association with other marine predators when possible. Sooty terns and frigatebirds were widely distributed in the whole study area, whereas red-footed boobies were not found farther than 160 km from their colonies and were associated with relatively productive waters. Sooty terns and red-footed boobies were aggregated where flying fishes were abundant. The presence of other marine predators was associated with larger multispecies feeding flocks than when no association occurred. Sooty terns, which are numerically dominant at Europa and adopted network foraging, seem to be catalysts of feeding events, and represented a good target for the other foraging species, especially frigatebirds. However, when possible, frigatebirds favor association with flocks of red-footed boobies.We studied the at-sea distribution and abundance of the seabird species that breed during the austral winter on Europa Island in relation to physical and biological factors. We tested how the different species distributed themselves within their foraging range and whether specific locations aggregate foraging seabirds. We also examine the foraging strategies adopted by each species, particularly the importance of local enhancement on the feeding activity of the seabirds.Jaquemet, S2011https://doi.org/10.82144/1f59cd45OBIS-SEAMAP691http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/691OBIS-SEAMAPVersion 1.5.0ground condition2003-09-082003-09-22CompleteNone planned38.949541.6518333-19.726-24.011138.949541.6518333-24.0111-19.726Open public unless otherwise noted. See Use Constraints for details.1. 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Not to redistribute the data you downloaded from OBIS-SEAMAP through any media without contect from OBIS-SEAMAP and the original data providers unless the datasets are explicitly shown under the CC0 policy.ShapefileSebastien JaquemetLaboratoire ECOMAR, Universite de la Reunionmailing and physical addresssebastien.jaquemet@univ-reunion.fr Taxon coveredseabirdsIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemUnknownNot applicableDownloaded April, 2004http://www.itis.usda.gov/Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetmailing and physical address

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Refer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetRefer to the contact information of the datasetNot providedIdentified by observers or researchers conducting the surveyKingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataSubphylumVertebrataClassAvesOrderProcellariiformesFamilyProcellariidaeGenusDaptionSpeciesDaption capenseGenusPterodromaSpeciesPterodroma mollisGenusPuffinusSpeciesPuffinus carneipesSpeciesPuffinus lherminieriFamilyHydrobatidaeSubfamilyOceanitinaeGenusFregettaSpeciesFregetta grallariaGenusHydrobatesSpeciesHydrobates monorhisOrderSuliformesFamilyFregatidaeGenusFregataSpeciesFregata minorFamilySulidaeGenusSulaSpeciesSula sulaOrderCharadriiformesFamilyLaridaeGenusOnychoprionSpeciesOnychoprion fuscatusOrderPhaethontiformesFamilyPhaethontidaeGenusPhaethonSpeciesPhaethon lepturusJaquemet, S., M. Le Corre, F. Marsac, M. Potier and H. Weimerskirch2005Marine Biology147(3):573-582Sebastien JaquemetHalpin, P.N., A.J. Read, E. Fujioka, B.D. Best, B. Donnelly, L.J. Hazen, C. Kot, K. Urian, E. LaBrecque, A. Dimatteo, J. Cleary, C. Good, L.B. Crowder, and K.D. Hyrenbach2009Oceanography22(2):104-115http://www.tos.org/oceanography/article/obis-seamap-the-world-data-center-for-marine-mammal-sea-bird-and-sea-turtle enFGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial MetadataFGDC-STD-001-1998local timeAndrew DiMatteoDuke Universitymailing and physical addressadd11@duke.eduhttp://www.nbii.gov/Biological Data Profilehttp://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.htmlESRI Metadata Profile2011-05-23ISO 19115 Geographic Information - MetadataDIS_ESRI1.0datasetDownloadable Data0.0210.021zipzipped shapefilehttp://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/691FreeGo to the OBIS-SEAMAP web siteOBIS-SEAMAPNicholas School of Environment, Duke Universitymailing and physical address

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