The role of submesoscale currents in structuring marine ecosystems

M Lévy, PJS Franks, KS Smith - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
From microbes to large predators, there is increasing evidence that marine life is shaped by
short-lived submesoscales currents that are difficult to observe, model, and explain …

On the front line: Frontal zones as priority at‐sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates

KL Scales, PI Miller, LA Hawkes… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying priority areas for marine vertebrate conservation is complex because species of
conservation concern are highly mobile, inhabit dynamic habitats and are difficult to monitor …

Anticyclonic eddies aggregate pelagic predators in a subtropical gyre

MC Arostegui, P Gaube, PA Woodworth-Jefcoats… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Ocean eddies are coherent, rotating features that can modulate pelagic ecosystems across
many trophic levels. These mesoscale features, which are ubiquitous at mid-latitudes, may …

Evidence that birds sleep in mid-flight

NC Rattenborg, B Voirin, SM Cruz, R Tisdale… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Many birds fly non-stop for days or longer, but do they sleep in flight and if so, how? It is
commonly assumed that flying birds maintain environmental awareness and aerodynamic …

Bringing physics to life at the submesoscale

M Lévy, R Ferrari, PJS Franks… - Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A common dynamical paradigm is that turbulence in the upper ocean is dominated by three
classes of motion: mesoscale geostrophic eddies, internal waves and microscale three …

[KNYGA][B] Transient chaos: complex dynamics on finite time scales

YC Lai, T Tél - 2011 - books.google.com
The aim of this Book is to give an overview, based on the results of nearly three decades of
intensive research, of transient chaos. One belief that motivates us to write this book is that …

[HTML][HTML] Remote sensing of ocean fronts in marine ecology and fisheries

IM Belkin - Remote sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a concise review of the remote sensing of ocean fronts in marine
ecology and fisheries, with a particular focus on the most popular front detection algorithms …

Mesoscale eddies release pelagic sharks from thermal constraints to foraging in the ocean twilight zone

CD Braun, P Gaube, TH Sinclair-Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Mesoscale eddies are critical components of the ocean's “internal weather” system. Mixing
and stirring by eddies exerts significant control on biogeochemical fluxes in the open ocean …

The trophodynamics of marine top predators: current knowledge, recent advances and challenges

JW Young, BPV Hunt, TR Cook, JK Llopiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
We review present understanding of the spatial and temporal diet variability
(trophodynamics) of a range of pelagic marine top predators, at both early and adult life …

Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: composite front map** reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird

KL Scales, PI Miller, CB Embling… - Journal of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The oceanographic drivers of marine vertebrate habitat use are poorly understood yet
fundamental to our knowledge of marine ecosystem functioning. Here, we use composite …