Modeling the Habitat Suitability of Adelie penguins across Antarctica

2016 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26840153
• Research Institution: National Institute of Polar Research
• Principal Investigator: THIEBOT J.B. 国立極地研究所, 研究教育系, 特任研究員 (70723691)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: Antarctica / Environmental changes / Modeling / Penguin / Spatial distribution / Food web

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During this project, the PI managed to:
- set up an international network of experts in the ecology of penguins, willing to share data collected all around Antarctica, and to study the link between sea-ice and predators at the entire regional scale;
- design and successfully carry out a research survey to study this link all year-round, using data-loggers; two papers are close to be submitted on this topic;
- discover a new behaviour in penguins (preying on jellyfish), that may change our perception of niche flexibility of the penguins. The PI published a first paper on this matter, and then gathered data from 5 countries and 4 penguin species to strengthen conclusions, and wrote a second paper about the importance of this behaviour. The paper is now in revision (journal impact factor > 8).

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] British Antarctic Survey(United Kingdom)
  • Country Name: United Kingdom
  • Counterpart Institution: British Antarctic Survey
• [Int'l Joint Research] CNRS(France)
  • Country Name: France
  • Counterpart Institution: CNRS
• [Int'l Joint Research] NOAA(米国)
  • Country Name: U.S.A.
  • Counterpart Institution: NOAA
• [Int'l Joint Research] Australian Antarctic Division/Deakin University(Australia)
  • Country Name: Australia
  • Counterpart Institution: Australian Antarctic Division/Deakin University
• [Int'l Joint Research] Otago University(New Zealand)
  • Country Name: New Zealand
  • Counterpart Institution: Otago University
• [Int'l Joint Research]
  • # of Other Countries: 1
• [Journal Article] Jellyfish and other gelata as food to four penguin species; insights from predator-borne videos (2017)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Arnould JPY, Gomez-Laich A, Ito K, Kato A, Mattern T, Mitamura H, Noda T, Poupart T, Quintana F, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sala JE, Seddon PJ, Sutton GJ, Yoda K, Takahashi A
  • Journal Title: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment Volume: (in revision) Pages: 00-00
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] On the significance of Antarctic jellyfish as food for Adelie penguins, as revealed by video-loggers (2016)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Ito K, Raclot T, Poupart T, Kato A, Ropert-Coudert T, Takahashi A
  • Journal Title: Marine Biology Volume: 163 Pages: 108-115
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2890-2
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 167 individuals versus millions of hooks: bycatch mitigation in longline fisheries underlies conservation of Amsterdam albatrosses (2016)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Delord K, Barbraud C, Marteau C, Weimerskirch H
  • Journal Title: Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems Volume: 26 Pages: 674-688
  • DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2578
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Distribution, behaviour and habitat of Adelie penguins across Antarctic seasonal changes (2017)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Ropert-Coudert Y, Raclot T, Takahashi A
  • Organizer: The 23rd International Symposium on Polar Sciences
  • Place of Presentation: Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Year and Date: 2017-05-17 – 2017-05-18
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Foraging behaviour of seabirds in St Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea (Poster) (2017)
  • Author(s): Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Will A, Kitaysky A
  • Organizer: Ecological Society of Japan 64th Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-14 – 2017-03-18
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Migratory movements and winter diving behaviour of Adelie penguins from two East Antarctic colonies (2016)
  • Author(s): Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y
  • Organizer: 7th Symposium on Polar Science
  • Place of Presentation: National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-29 – 2016-12-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Penguin-borne video loggers emphasize the ecosystem role of jellyfish across southern oceans (2016)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Arnould JPY, Gomez-Laich A, Ito K, Kato A, Mattern T, Mitamura H, Noda T, Poupart T, Quintana F, Raclot T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Sala JE, Seddon PJ, Sutton GJ, Yoda K, Takahashi A
  • Organizer: 7th Symposium on Polar Science
  • Place of Presentation: National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2016-11-29 – 2016-12-02
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Video-loggers reveal the significance of jellyfish as food for Adelie penguins (Poster) (2016)
  • Author(s): Thiebot JB, Raclot T, Poupart T, Ropert-Coudert Y, Takahashi A
  • Organizer: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 34th meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
  • Year and Date: 2016-08-20 – 2016-08-30