In ecosystems, sharks can be predators, competitors, facilitators, nutrient transporters, and
food. However, overfishing and other threats have greatly reduced shark populations …

Although anthropogenic change is often gradual, the impacts on animal populations may be
precipitous if physiological processes create tip** points between energy gain …

Abstract The American sand lance (Ammodytes americanus, Ammodytidae) and the
Northern sand lance (A. dubius, Ammodytidae) are small forage fishes that play an important …

Like landscapes of fear, animals are hypothesized to strategically use lightscapes based on
intrinsic motivations. However, longitudinal evidence of state-dependent risk aversion has …

Understanding how mobile, marine predators use three-dimensional space over time is
central to inform management and conservation actions. Combining tracking technologies …

Sharks and their relatives fill many roles in their ecosystems, including as predators,
competitors, and prey, as well as facilitators of other species. In this chapter, we review and …

Context Over the past decade, the coastal waters off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, have
emerged as the only known aggregation site for the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) in …

An animal's movement is influenced by a plethora of internal and external factors, leading to
individual‐and habitat‐specific movement characteristics. This plasticity is thought to allow …

Harbor seals, Phoca vitulina, play a critical role in regulating the biodiversity of coastal
ecosystems in the North Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. We conducted a preliminary ecological …

Many coastal shark species are known to use estuaries of the coastal southeastern United
States for essential purposes like foraging, reproducing, and protection from predation …