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Table 1 Biotelemety and biologging data collated for nine marine predators breeding at the Falkland Islands.

From: Important At-Sea Areas of Colonial Breeding Marine Predators on the Southern Patagonian Shelf

Species	Migratory	Season	Breeding stage	Colonies tracked [% tracked]	Individuals	Foraging trips	Trip distance (km) max [mean ± SD]
*Penguins*
Gentoo Pygoscelis papua	N	Winter	Non-breeding	BB, BKI, CB, CD, PBI [6%]	25	155	479 [109 ± 80]
Gentoo Pygoscelis papua	N	Summer	Incubation/Chick rearing	NEW, CB [2%]	45	74	79 [21 ± 16]
Magellanic Spheniscus magellanicus	Y	Summer	Incubation/Chick rearing	BKI, CB, CD, PBI, SEALB, NEW [7%]	63	140	1,115 [298 ± 298]
King Aptenodytes patagonicus	N	Winter	Chick rearing	VPT	8	32	971 [295 ± 215]
Rockhopper^a Eudyptes chrysocome	Y	Summer	Incubation	CBG, PBI, SEALB, SOP [11%]	27	27	514 [216 ± 127]
Rockhopper^a Eudyptes chrysocome	Y	Summer	Chick rearing	BIRD, NEW, PBI, SEALB [11%]	116	185	540 [139 ± 109]
*Flying seabirds*
Black-browed albatross^b Thalassarche melanophris	Y	Summer	Incubation	NEW, SJI, BCI, SAU [33%]	70	92	1,325 [507 ± 339]
Black-browed albatross^b Thalassarche melanophris	Y	Summer	Chick rearing	NEW, SJI, BCI, SAU [33%]	256	699	1,235 [131 ± 147]
Sooty shearwater Ardenna grisea	Y	Summer	Incubation	KDI	20	43	438 [185 ± 87]
*Pinnipeds*
South American fur seal^c Arctocephalus australis	N	Winter - female	Lactation	NFUR, VRK [20%]	9	108	674 [310 ± 216]
		Spring - female	Lactation	NFUR, VRK [20%]	9	42	940 [425 ± 295]
		Winter - male	Non-breeding	NFUR [10%]	4	34	992 [229 ± 206]
Southern sea lion Otaria flavescens	N	Summer - female	Lactation	CD, BS, KELP [4%]	25	93	173 [63 ± 34]
Southern sea lion Otaria flavescens	N	Winter- male	Non-breeding	CD, BS [3%]	21	157	157 [88 ± 36]
Southern Elephant seal Mirounga leonina	Y	Summer - female	Post-breeding	SLI	10	10	497 [120 ± 42]

Data include 686 individuals and 1,891 foraging trips. ^aTotal number of rockhopper penguins tracked was 137, but some birds were tracked over both incubation and chick rearing periods. ^bTotal number of black-browed albatross tracked was 319, but some birds were tracked over both incubation and chick rearing periods. ^cTotal number of female South American fur seals tracked was 9. Please see Supplementary Information Table S1 for data sources.

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