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These species encompass a range of marine habitats (highly pelagic vs coastal), diving behaviors (mean dive durations 2 21 min) and range of latitudes (equator to temperate).

These species cover a range of marine habitats (highly pelagic vs coastal), diving behaviors (mean dive durations 2 21 min) and range of latitudes (equator to temperate) and a wide range of locations across the globe (South Africa, Eastern North Pacific Ocean, Southern California Bight, southeast Australia and the Galapagos Islands).

Mean dive duration is 50 seconds with a maximum of 6.2 minutes.

Within oceanic TRAs, mean dive depth and mean dive duration were typically between 50 80 m (except UR06-3, Table S1, Fig. 5) and >20 min (except PA05-2 and UR06-3, Table S1, Fig. 5), respectively, with a high percentage of time spent between 0 10 m deep (typically >50%, except PA05-4 and GA06-2, Table S1).

Although the dive duration of black-browed albatrosses has not been reported previously, the mean and maximum dive durations in this study (3.1 s and 11 s) is close to similar-sized grey-headed albatrosses (3.6 s and 14 s) [28] or shy albatrosses Thalassarche cauta (4.4 s and 19 s) [29].

The mean dive depth and duration was 1.46 m and 3.1 s (4.1 m and 11 s for the maximum values).

No significant differences were found in dive durations measured in the absence of boats and when boats were present.

Currently there are few data on the movement patterns of individuals, including movement rates both in North/South and East/West directions, dive depths, and dive durations.

The similar response in dive durations of young and old females in our study can result from different factors.

The mean dive depth did not differ between age classes (Table 1).

Therefore, although it may indeed help to extend dive duration to a certain extent, increasing the volume of respiratory O2 upon diving is probably insufficient, in itself, to explain some of the dive durations recorded here in the Kerguelen shag (almost 6 min).