Research on cetacean foraging ecology is central to our understanding of their spatial and
behavioral ecology. Yet, functional mechanisms by which cetaceans detect prey across …

Humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, are a highly migratory species exposed to a
wide range of environmental factors during their lifetime. The spatial and temporal …

Famed in story as" the great leviathans," sperm whales are truly creatures of extremes.
Giants among all whales, they also have the largest brains of any creature on Earth. Males …

Two statistical modelling techniques, generalized additive models (GAM) and multivariate
adaptive regression splines (MARS), were used to analyse relationships between the …

Cetacean–habitat modeling, although still in the early stages of development, represents a
potentially powerful tool for predicting cetacean distributions and understanding the …

Relationships between probabilities of occurrence for fifteen diadromous fish species and
environmental variables characterising their habitat in fluvial waters were explored using an …

The lack of comprehensive sighting data sets precludes the application of standard habitat
suitability modeling approaches to predict distributions of the majority of marine mammal …

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 …

It has been suggested that seamounts hold higher abundances of some 'visiting'animals,
such as tuna, sharks, billfishes, marine mammals, sea-turtles and even seabirds, but this has …

The core assumptions of critical habitat designation are a positive relationship between
habitat and population size and that a minimum habitat area is required to meet a recovery …