Defining Southern Ocean fronts and their influence on biological and physical processes in a changing climate

CC Chapman, MA Lea, A Meyer, JB Sallée… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean is a critical component of the global climate system and an
important ecoregion that contains a diverse range of interdependent flora and fauna. It also …

Biotelemetry: a mechanistic approach to ecology

SJ Cooke, SG Hinch, M Wikelski, RD Andrews… - Trends in ecology & …, 2004 - cell.com
Remote measurement of the physiology, behaviour and energetic status of free-living
animals is made possible by a variety of techniques that we refer to collectively as …

The importance of oceanographic fronts to marine birds and mammals of the southern oceans

CA Bost, C Cotté, F Bailleul, Y Cherel… - Journal of Marine …, 2009 - Elsevier
During the last 30 years, at-sea studies of seabirds and marine mammals in the oceans
south of the Subtropical Front have described an association with major frontal areas. More …

A novel method for identifying behavioural changes in animal movement data

E Gurarie, RD Andrews, KL Laidre - Ecology letters, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
A goal of animal movement analysis is to reveal behavioural mechanisms by which
organisms utilize complex and variable environments. Statistical analysis of movement data …

Foraging behavior and success of a mesopelagic predator in the northeast Pacific Ocean: insights from a data-rich species, the northern elephant seal

PW Robinson, DP Costa, DE Crocker… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The mesopelagic zone of the northeast Pacific Ocean is an important foraging habitat for
many predators, yet few studies have addressed the factors driving basin-scale predator …

A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals

VLG Todd, IB Todd, JC Gardiner… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern
about the impact dredging has on marine life, including marine mammals (cetaceans …

Isotopic niches and trophic levels of myctophid fishes and their predators in the Southern Ocean

Y Cherel, C Fontaine, P Richard… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
We report the trophic structure of a myctophid assemblage by measuring the isotopic niches
of 14 species living in Kerguelen waters, southern Indian Ocean. Most of the species show …

Variations in behavior and condition of a Southern Ocean top predator in relation to in situ oceanographic conditions

M Biuw, L Boehme, C Guinet, M Hindell… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - pnas.org
Responses by marine top predators to environmental variability have previously been
almost impossible to observe directly. By using animal-mounted instruments simultaneously …

Identifying critical areas and habitat preferences of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus

SN Ingram, E Rogan - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2002 - int-res.com
We present the findings of a 2-yr study of habitat use by bottlenose dolphins in the outer
Shannon estuary on the west coast of Ireland. Data were collected during repeated …

Fine‐scale habitat modeling of a top marine predator: Do prey data improve predictive capacity

LG Torres, AJ Read, P Halpin - Ecological Applications, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Predators and prey assort themselves relative to each other, the availability of resources and
refuges, and the temporal and spatial scale of their interaction. Predictive models of predator …