Skip to main content

Table 1 Delipidated or normalized plasma δ13C and raw plasma δ15N values of albatrosses, giant petrels, and penguins breeding at Marion Island, which were tracked simultaneously with GPS data loggers during 2015–2018. Number of individuals indicates number of birds with tracks and corresponding stable isotopic values. Number of tracks indicates number of tracks used to estimate mean foraging locations as multiple tracks were recorded for brooding individuals (See Materials and Methods). Values given as mean ± SD (range)

From: A critical assessment of marine predator isoscapes within the southern Indian Ocean

Common name

Number of individuals

Number of tracks per species

Number of tracks per individual

δ13C (‰)

δ15N (‰)

Albatrosses

 Wandering

32

32

1.0 ± 0.0 (1; 1)

−20.7 ± 1.5 (−23.6; −18.4)

14.0 ± 1.0 (12.1; 15.5)

 Grey-headed

28

36

1.3 ± 0.5 (1; 2)

− 20.2 ± 1.0 (−22.0; − 18.5)

11.4 ± 0.4 (10.4; 12.4)

 Sooty

22

36

1.6 ± 0.7 (1; 3)

−20.8 ± 0.7 (− 22.2; − 19.8)

12.0 ± 0.4 (11.4; 13.1)

Giant petrels

 Northern

27

29

1.1 ± 0.3 (1; 2)

−19.8 ± 1.2 (− 22.7; − 17.1)

14.4 ± 0.8 (12.7; 15.9)

 Southern

23

25

1.1 ± 0.3 (1; 2)

−22.7 ± 0.5 (− 23.6; − 21.8)

12.8 ± 0.4 (12.3; 13.4)

Penguins

 Gentoo

17

26

1.5 ± 0.9 (1; 4)

− 21.7 ± 0.6 (− 23.2; − 20.9)

10.2 ± 0.5 (9.5; 11.4)

 Macaroni

18

29

1.6 ± 0.8 (1; 3)

−22.3 ± 0.2 (− 22.7; − 22.0)

8.8 ± 0.3 (8.0; 9.2)

 Rockhopper

9

19

2.1 ± 1.1 (1; 4)

−22.6 ± 0.2 (− 22.9; − 22.1)

8.6 ± 0.4 (7.7; 9.1)