[HTML][HTML] The role of large wild animals in climate change mitigation and adaptation
Two major environmental challenges of our time are responding to climate change and
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …
reversing biodiversity decline. Interventions that simultaneously tackle both challenges are …
Biologging and biotelemetry: tools for understanding the lives and environments of marine animals
Addressing important questions in animal ecology, physiology, and environmental science
often requires in situ information from wild animals. This difficulty is being overcome by …
often requires in situ information from wild animals. This difficulty is being overcome by …
Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by filter-feeding megafauna
Microparticles, such as microplastics and microfibers, are ubiquitous in marine food webs.
Filter-feeding megafauna may be at extreme risk of exposure to microplastics, but neither the …
Filter-feeding megafauna may be at extreme risk of exposure to microplastics, but neither the …
Boom-bust cycles in gray whales associated with dynamic and changing Arctic conditions
Climate change is affecting a wide range of global systems, with polar ecosystems
experiencing the most rapid change. Although climate impacts affect lower-trophic-level and …
experiencing the most rapid change. Although climate impacts affect lower-trophic-level and …
A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales
The krill surplus hypothesis of unlimited prey resources available for Antarctic predators due
to commercial whaling in the 20th century has remained largely untested since the 1970s …
to commercial whaling in the 20th century has remained largely untested since the 1970s …
Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?
The great whales (baleen and sperm whales), through their massive size and wide
distribution, influence ecosystem and carbon dynamics. Whales directly store carbon in their …
distribution, influence ecosystem and carbon dynamics. Whales directly store carbon in their …
How whales dive, feast, and fast: the ecophysiological drivers and limits of foraging in the evolution of cetaceans
Whales are an extraordinary study group for questions about ecology and evolution
because their combinations of extreme body sizes and unique foraging strategies are …
because their combinations of extreme body sizes and unique foraging strategies are …
Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the Southern Ocean
H Herr, S Viquerat, F Devas, A Lees, L Wells… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus quoyi) of the Southern Hemisphere were brought to
near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but …
near extinction by twentieth century industrial whaling. For decades, they had all but …
Using seabird and whale distribution models to estimate spatial consumption of krill to inform fishery management
Ecosystem dynamics at the northwest Antarctic Peninsula are driven by interactions
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …
Seasonal gain in body condition of foraging humpback whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Most baleen whales are capital breeders that use stored energy acquired on foraging
grounds to finance the costs of migration and reproduction on breeding grounds. Body …
grounds to finance the costs of migration and reproduction on breeding grounds. Body …