Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

GC Hays, LC Ferreira, AMM Sequeira… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities
for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on …

The importance of sample size in marine megafauna tagging studies

AMM Sequeira, MR Heupel, MA Lea… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Telemetry is a key, widely used tool to understand marine megafauna distribution, habitat
use, behavior, and physiology; however, a critical question remains:“How many animals …

Lifetime reproductive success of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris)

B Le Boeuf, R Condit, J Reiter - Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
Lifetime reproductive success of individuals in a natural population provides an estimate of
Darwinian fitness. We calculated lifetime reproductive success in a colony of female …

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 …

Quantifying habitat use and preferences of pelagic seabirds using individual movement data: a review

ED Wakefield, RA Phillips, J Matthiopoulos - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2009 - int-res.com
Colonial seabirds are relatively easy to observe, count, measure and manipulate, and
consequently have long been used as models for testing ecological hypotheses. A …

Overhauling ocean spatial planning to improve marine megafauna conservation

AMM Sequeira, GC Hays, DW Sims… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tracking data have led to evidence-based conservation of marine megafauna, but a
disconnect remains between the many 1000s of individual animals that have been tracked …

Loyalty pays: potential life history consequences of fidelity to marine foraging regions by southern elephant seals

CJA Bradshaw, MA Hindell, MD Sumner, KJ Michael - Animal Behaviour, 2004 - Elsevier
Choices made by foraging animals should maximize energy intake, although 'irrational'short-
term behaviours are common. One explanation for this is that environmental variation may …

Tracking through life stages: adult, immature and juvenile autumn migration in a long-lived seabird

C Péron, D Grémillet - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Seasonal long-distance migration is likely to be experienced in a contrasted manner by
juvenile, immature and adult birds, leading to variations in migratory routes, timing and …

Habitat preference, accessibility, and competition limit the global distribution of breeding Black‐browed Albatrosses

ED Wakefield, RA Phillips, PN Trathan… - Ecological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Telemetry methods and remote sensing now make it possible to record the spatial usage of
wide‐ranging marine animals and the biophysical characteristics of their pelagic habitats …

Linking movement, diving, and habitat to foraging success in a large marine predator

D Austin, WD Bowen, JI McMillan, SJ Iverson - Ecology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Establishing where and when predators forage is essential to understanding trophic
interactions, yet foraging behavior remains poorly understood in large marine carnivores …