Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Community through culture: From insects to whales: How social learning and culture manifest across diverse animal communities

JA Allen - BioEssays, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
It has become increasingly clear that social learning and culture occur much more broadly,
and in a wider variety of animal communities, than initially believed. Recent research has …

A surplus no more? Variation in krill availability impacts reproductive rates of Antarctic baleen whales

LJ Pallin, NM Kellar, D Steel… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[LLIBRE][B] Understanding human ecology: A systems approach to sustainability

R Dyball, B Newell - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Understanding Human Ecology offers a coherent conceptual framework for human ecology–
a clear approach for understanding the many systems we are part of and for how we frame …

Assessing the recovery of an Antarctic predator from historical exploitation

AN Zerbini, G Adams, J Best… - Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The recovery of whale populations from centuries of exploitation will have important
management and ecological implications due to greater exposure to anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems

EJ Murphy, NM Johnston, EE Hofmann… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important. Processes in the Antarctic atmosphere,
cryosphere, and the Southern Ocean directly influence global atmospheric and oceanic …

Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems

D Ward, J Melbourne-Thomas, GT Pecl… - Reviews in fish biology …, 2022 - Springer
Marine ecosystems and their associated biodiversity sustain life on Earth and hold intrinsic
value. Critical marine ecosystem services include maintenance of global oxygen and carbon …

Population abundance of recovering humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic

M Baines, N Kelly, M Reichelt, C Lacey… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Following the cessation of whaling, South Atlantic populations of humpback Megaptera
novaeangliae and some other baleen whale species are recovering, but there has been …

First evidence of bubble‐net feeding and the formation of 'super‐groups' by the east Australian population of humpback whales during their southward migration

V Pirotta, K Owen, D Donnelly… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recovery of overexploited populations is likely to reveal behaviours that may have been
present prior to harvest but are only now reappearing as the population size increases. The …

Local drivers of change in Southern Ocean ecosystems: human activities and policy implications

SM Grant, CL Waller, SA Morley… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Local drivers are human activities or processes that occur in specific locations, and cause
physical or ecological change at the local or regional scale. Here, we consider marine and …