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 …

Global tracking of shark movements, behaviour and ecology: a review of the renaissance years of satellite tagging studies, 2010–2020

S Renshaw, N Hammerschlag, AJ Gallagher… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite telemetry as a tool in marine ecological research continues to adapt and grow and
has become increasingly popular in recent years to study shark species on a global scale. A …

Ocean warming alters the distributional range, migratory timing, and spatial protections of an apex predator, the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

N Hammerschlag, LH McDonnell, MJ Rider… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Given climate change threats to ecosystems, it is critical to understand the responses of
species to warming. This is especially important in the case of apex predators since they …

Effects of climate‐change‐driven gradual and acute temperature changes on shark and ray species

GJ Osgood, ER White, JK Baum - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is altering distributions and abundances of marine species through both
gradual and acute changes in temperature and productivity. Due to their high mobility and …

Distributions and movements of Atlantic shark species: a 52-year retrospective atlas of mark and recapture data

NE Kohler, PA Turner - 2021 - repository.library.noaa.gov
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Cooperative Shark Tagging Program (CSTP)
was initiated in 1962 as a collaborative effort between recreational anglers, the commercial …

Repeated, long-distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems

JSE Lea, BM Wetherbee, N Queiroz, N Burnie… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Long-distance movements of animals are an important driver of population spatial dynamics
and determine the extent of overlap with area-focused human activities, such as fishing …

Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change

Y Niella, P Butcher, B Holmes, A Barnett, R Harcourt - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Globally, marine animal distributions are shifting in response to a changing climate. These
shifts are usually considered at the species level, but individuals are likely to differ in how …

Evidence for rapid recovery of shark populations within a coral reef marine protected area

CW Speed, M Cappo, MG Meekan - Biological Conservation, 2018 - Elsevier
There is limited evidence on the rate at which the shark populations of coral reefs can
rebound from over-exploitation, the baselines that might signify when recovery has occurred …

Combining abundance and performance data reveals how temperature regulates coastal occurrences and activity of a roaming apex predator

NL Payne, CG Meyer, JA Smith… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The redistribution of species has emerged as one of the most pervasive impacts of
anthropogenic climate warming, and presents many societal challenges. Understanding …

Intra-specific variation in movement and habitat connectivity of a mobile predator revealed by acoustic telemetry and network analyses

M Espinoza, EJI Lédée, AF Smoothey, MR Heupel… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Few studies have considered linkages of mobile predators across large spatial scales
despite their significant and often critical role in maintaining ecosystem function and health …