Elephant seals in poorer body condition trade sleep for foraging.

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Main Authors: Adachi, Taiki, Robinson, Patrick W, Peterson, Sarah H, Kilpatrick, A Marm, Kendall-Bar, Jessica M, Takahashi, Akinori, Naito, Yasuhiko, Costa, Daniel P, Beltran, Roxanne S
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Published: Current biology : CB 2025
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author Adachi, Taiki
Robinson, Patrick W
Peterson, Sarah H
Kilpatrick, A Marm
Kendall-Bar, Jessica M
Takahashi, Akinori
Naito, Yasuhiko
Costa, Daniel P
Beltran, Roxanne S
author_facet Adachi, Taiki
Robinson, Patrick W
Peterson, Sarah H
Kilpatrick, A Marm
Kendall-Bar, Jessica M
Takahashi, Akinori
Naito, Yasuhiko
Costa, Daniel P
Beltran, Roxanne S
Adachi, Taiki
Robinson, Patrick W
Peterson, Sarah H
Kilpatrick, A Marm
Kendall-Bar, Jessica M
Takahashi, Akinori
Naito, Yasuhiko
Costa, Daniel P
Beltran, Roxanne S
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Elephant seals in poorer body condition trade sleep for foraging. Adachi, Taiki Robinson, Patrick W Peterson, Sarah H Kilpatrick, A Marm Kendall-Bar, Jessica M Takahashi, Akinori Naito, Yasuhiko Costa, Daniel P Beltran, Roxanne S Animals Seals, Earless Sleep Feeding Behavior Male Female Energy Metabolism Sleep provides physiological benefits, but sleeping animals are unable to gain energy from foraging to fuel migration, self-maintenance, and reproduction. Therefore, trade-offs may exist between sleeping and foraging under energetic and ecological constraints. We use cutting-edge animal-borne sensors (bio-loggers) to show that northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in poorer body condition have higher locomotory costs and exhibit less efficient foraging, which requires them to forage more and sleep less. Our results demonstrate that wild elephant seals can adjust their time-activity budgets to break out of a negative feedback loop of reduced fat stores and less efficient foraging, which likely promotes population persistence.
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spellingShingle Elephant seals in poorer body condition trade sleep for foraging.
Adachi, Taiki
Robinson, Patrick W
Peterson, Sarah H
Kilpatrick, A Marm
Kendall-Bar, Jessica M
Takahashi, Akinori
Naito, Yasuhiko
Costa, Daniel P
Beltran, Roxanne S
Animals
Seals, Earless
Sleep
Feeding Behavior
Male
Female
Energy Metabolism
Elephant seals in poorer body condition trade sleep for foraging. Adachi, Taiki Robinson, Patrick W Peterson, Sarah H Kilpatrick, A Marm Kendall-Bar, Jessica M Takahashi, Akinori Naito, Yasuhiko Costa, Daniel P Beltran, Roxanne S Animals Seals, Earless Sleep Feeding Behavior Male Female Energy Metabolism Sleep provides physiological benefits, but sleeping animals are unable to gain energy from foraging to fuel migration, self-maintenance, and reproduction. Therefore, trade-offs may exist between sleeping and foraging under energetic and ecological constraints. We use cutting-edge animal-borne sensors (bio-loggers) to show that northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) in poorer body condition have higher locomotory costs and exhibit less efficient foraging, which requires them to forage more and sleep less. Our results demonstrate that wild elephant seals can adjust their time-activity budgets to break out of a negative feedback loop of reduced fat stores and less efficient foraging, which likely promotes population persistence.
title Elephant seals in poorer body condition trade sleep for foraging.
topic Animals
Seals, Earless
Sleep
Feeding Behavior
Male
Female
Energy Metabolism
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41401784/