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- W2565884672 abstract "The presented thesis outlines several aspects of the marine ecology and conservation of the Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus). This project was realised between July 2003 and September 2005 in the Galapagos islands as a collaborative project between the Charles Darwin Foundation, the Galapagos National Park Service and the University of Kiel in Germany. In two concurrent years, 2004 and 2005, breeding activities of the Galapagos penguin were investigated. The majority of all the breeding sites was found on Isabela Island, the largest island in the archipelago, with the highest aggregations of active nests concentrated in the southwest of the island. The study showed that the distribution of the breeding sites is strongly related to nutrient-rich upwelling areas within the archipelago, caused by the Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC; also known as the Cromwell Current). Considering penguin breeding sites in light of the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) zoning system however, raises interesting concerns. While only a few nests (25.2 %) are afforded the highest protection level, the large majority of nests (74.8 %) were found in areas designated for extractive uses (e.g., fisheries). The implications for penguin conservation may be significant. Even though nesting penguins may not feed in this adjacent coastal area, they need to pass through this zone on their way to their foraging sites. Although active nests could be discovered virtually throughout the year, the results showed generally two well-defined breeding peaks within the year: March to May, and from July to September. The region in the western part of the archipelago undergoes (except in El Nino years) a seasonal increase in phytoplankton biomass in the second part of the year (from June to December) which coincides well with the second period of egg-laying. The first egg-laying peak corresponds with the strengthening and shoaling of the EUC in April. An inter-annual and regional comparison in breeding patterns indicated that egg-laying was variable on both a temporal and spatial scale. Thus, the breeding biology of the Galapagos penguin seems to be well adapted to the highly variable oceanographic environment surrounding the Galapagos islands.Between May 2004 and May 2005, the horizontal and vertical movements of foraging Galapagos penguins was studied during their breeding season to examine space use at sea and to compare the volume of water exploited by this penguin to those of other penguin species. Twenty-three adult penguins (11 males and 12 females) brooding chicks were equipped with Global Positioning System-temperature depth data logger at the three main nesting sites on south-western Isabela Island. Birds moved between 1.1 and 23.5 km (mean = 5.2 ± 4.9 km) from the nest, concentrating foraging in a strip of sea within 1.0 km of the shore. Foraging trips lasted a mean of 8.4 ± 2.0 hours. Although the deepest dive was 52.1 m, birds spent, on average, 90 % of their time underwater at depths less than 6 m. Both foraging ranges and dive depths were below those predicted from allometric regressions derived from other penguin species. Applying the maximum values for movement to calculate space use, the Galapagos penguin exploits a maximum volume of water of < 1.4 km3, which is almost 90 times less than that predicted for its mass, and thus utilises only a small portion of the total potentially available upwelling area within the Galapagos archipelago. This work was complemented by analysis of non-breeding penguin diet using the combined approach of stable-isotope analysis and conventional dietary sampling of stomach samples. The resulting data set revealed that diet was mainly composed of neritic, pelagic species typical of upwelling systems, dominanted by Engraulidae (here represented by Pacific anchoveta (Cetengraulis mysticetus)). However, while other Spheniscus penguins are known to feed on adult schooling fish, this study provided strong evidence that Galapagos penguins’ feeding preferences were young fish or even larvae (≤ 30 mm). Since larvae and juvenile phases of these fish species inhabit the surface inshore waters, and migrate offshore when adult. The use of coastal habitat by device-equipped breeding Galapagos penguins corresponds well with the results obtained from the stomach samples of non-breeding penguins. The stable-isotope analysis provides estimates of diet changes on a temporal and spatial scale. There was no differences in diet composition detectable in our study animals.These results provided critical information on the penguins’ use of the GMR and will be applied to appropriately design the layout and protection levels of the zonation system. This data represents a strong argument for improved fisheries management to avoid undue competition between man and penguins.Since the principal threat to seabirds breeding in the Galapagos islands past and present is that of introduced alien mammals, the predatory impact of cats (Felis catus) on the endangered Galapagos penguin population was studied at the penguins’ main breeding site. Here, two methods were used to assess penguin mortality rate: 1) direct counts of penguin carcasses and 2) an energetic approach. The results of these two independent mortality assessments suggested that a single cat was responsible for an increase in adult mortality of 49 % year-1 at this site. Although the annual penguin census shows a relative stable and even slightly increasing population trend over the last years, the vulnerability of this population to even small changes in mortality rates is well known and these results even reveal that the situation of the Galapagos penguin is more fragile than previously assumed. Greater attention should be paid to the impact of introduced species that are increasingly affecting this species." @default.
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- W2565884672 title "Marine ecology and conservation of the Galápagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus" @default.
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