Project information
Project aim
The HIMI Ecosystem Project is aimed at examining key predators based on Heard Island, including albatross, penguins and seals, and their interactions with prey, the ocean and benthic environment and commercial fisheries. Work will include examining the diet of the animals, tracking them to determine where they feed, and examining they prey available in the feeding areas. Scientists from a variety of backgrounds including bird and mammal biologists, marine biologists, oceanographers and marine geologists will be involved.
Related publications
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Environmental drivers of foraging behaviour during long-distance foraging trips of male Antarctic fur seals Animal Behaviour, 2021
(Ref: 16537)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Foraging habitats of top predators, and Areas of Ecological Significance, on the Kerguelen Plateau. The Kerguelen Plateau: marine ecosystem and fisheries, 2011
(Ref: 14718)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Avian and mammalian predators play a key role in the Kerguelen Plateau ecosystem, both with respect to structuring the marine community and its response to anthropogenic influences, such as climate change and commercial fisheries.
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Comparison of foraging strategies of incubating king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus from Macquarie and Heard islands. Polar Biology, 2006
(Ref: 12304)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The foraging strategies of king penguins from … Heard and Macquarie islands were compared using satellite … telemetry, time-depth recorders and diet samples. Trip durations were 16.8±3.6 days and 14.8±4.1 days … at Macquarie and Heard islands, respectively. At Macquarie … Island…
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Population structure, feeding biology and predation impact of midwater fishes in predator feeding areas around Heard and McDonald Islands, Southern Indian Ocean. The Kerguelen Plateau: marine ecosystem and fisheries, 2011
(Ref: 14731)
Category 3: Abstract
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Regional circulation around Heard and McDonald Islands and through the Fawn Trough, central Kerguelen Plateau. Deep-Sea Research 1, 2010
(Ref: 14126)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature