Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important. Processes in the Antarctic atmosphere,
cryosphere, and the Southern Ocean directly influence global atmospheric and oceanic …

Ecosystem dynamics at the northwest Antarctic Peninsula are driven by interactions
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …

Understanding marine predator distributions is an essential component of arresting their
catastrophic declines. 1, 2, 3, 4 In temperate, polar, and upwelling seas, predictable …

Animal movement and population connectivity are key areas of uncertainty in efforts to
understand and predict the spread of infectious disease. The emergence of highly …

Individual specialization, which describes whether populations are comprised of dietary
generalists or specialists, has profound ecological and evolutionary implications. However …

Background Energy landscapes provide an approach to the mechanistic basis of spatial
ecology and decision-making in animals. This is based on the quantification of the variation …

Prions Pachyptila are the most abundant seabirds in the Southern Ocean and comprise two
main groups: those with and without bill lamellae to filter zooplankton. With few exceptions …

Conservation of mobile organisms is difficult in the absence of detailed information about
movement and habitat use. While the miniaturization of tracking devices has eased the …

Interactions between seals and commercial fisheries can pose a significant threat to the
conservation status of seal populations. In the Falkland Islands, home to over 50% of the …

The marine ecosystem provides numerous goods and services, dampens the impacts of
floods and storms, and provides climate control, through the regulation of carbon fluxes …