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Table 2 Summary characteristics (Mean ± SD) of at-sea activity patterns of Laysan and black-footed albatrosses. To reduce the influence of individuals tracked for multiple foraging trips, a single trip per individual was randomly-selected for each reproductive stage to include in the calculation of mean values

From: Reproductive constraints influence habitat accessibility, segregation, and preference of sympatric albatross species

Species

 

Incubation

Brooding

Chick-Rearing

Laysan albatross

Time in flight (%)

74.0 ± 10.9 a,*

85.2 ± 10.4 b

78.5 ± 12.3 a

Day time in flight (%)

83.6 ± 8.68 a

90.1 ± 7.6 b

86.8 ± 9.08 a

 

Night time in flight (%)

66.0 ± 15.9 a,*

80.4 ± 15.8 b

66.8 ± 19.0 a

 

Landings per hour

0.85 ± 0.37 *

0.85 ± 0.44

0.82 ± 0.44 *

 

Day landings per hour

0.93 ± 0.33 *

0.98 ± 0.49

1.01 ± 0.49

 

Night landings per hour

0.77 ± 0.49 *

0.71 ± 0.51 *

0.64 ± 0.45 *

Black-footed albatross

Time in flight (%)

81.5 ± 8.26 *

84.8 ± 10.2

81.3 ± 8.05

Day time in flight (%)

84.9 ± 8.43

89.1 ± 7.72

86.9 ± 7.28

 

Night time in flight (%)

78.6 ± 10.1 *

80.5 ± 15.7

73.0 ± 12.2

 

Landings per hour

0.52 ± 0.13 a,*

0.71 ± 0.49 ab

0.65 ± 0.17 b,*

 

Day landings per hour

0.62 ± 0.15 a,*

0.92 ± 0.53 ab

0.84 ± 0.25 b

 

Night landings per hour

0.41 ± 0.16 *

0.52 ± 0.56 *

0.46 ± 0.17 *

  1. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) among reproductive stages; asterisks indicate significant differences between species