Spatial distribution of dive activity in Spatial distribution of dive activity in chick-rearing chick-rearing Snares penguins Snares penguins Eudyptes robustus Eudyptes robustus Thomas Mattern Thomas Mattern 1 , Katrin Ludynia , Katrin Ludynia 2 , Dave Houston , Dave Houston 3 & & Lloyd Davis Lloyd Davis 1 1 Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ NZ 2 Research &Technology Research &Technology Centre Centre ( ( Büsum Büsum ), CAU Kiel, ), CAU Kiel, Germany Germany 3 Department of Conservation Department of Conservation , Wellington, NZ , Wellington, NZ
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Spatial distribution of dive activity in chick-rearingSpatial distribution of dive activity in chick-rearingSnares penguins Snares penguins Eudyptes robustusEudyptes robustus
Thomas MatternThomas Mattern11, Katrin Ludynia, Katrin Ludynia22, Dave Houston, Dave Houston33 & Lloyd Davis & Lloyd Davis11
11 Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ22 Research &Technology Research &Technology CentreCentre ( (BüsumBüsum), CAU Kiel, Germany), CAU Kiel, Germany
33 Department of Conservation Department of Conservation, Wellington, NZ, Wellington, NZ
The Snares Islands
The Snares Islands
THE SNARES THE SNARES (48°S, 166°E)
- ca. 120 km south of South Is.
- surface area: < 3.6 km²
- supports extensive populations of seabirds, including the Snares penguin
Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)
STATUS:- endemic to the Snares (IUCN: vulnerable)
- 25.000-30.000 pairs- population stable (unlike other NZ eudyptids)
no historic changes in prey availability
DIET: DIET: (Mattern 2006)(Mattern 2006)
- KrillKrill (~60% of food load)(~60% of food load)