Can we predict foraging success in a marine predator from dive patterns only? Validation with prey capture attempt data

• Published in: Plos One 3 (9), e88503. (2014)
• Main Authors: Viviant, Morgane, Monestiez, Pascal, Guinet, Christophe
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Sciences de l'environnement

Predicting how climatic variations will affect marine predator populations relies on our ability to assess foraging success, but evaluating foraging success in a marine predator at sea is particularly difficult. Dive metrics are commonly available for marine mammals, diving birds and some species of...