Ecological role of submarine canyons and need for canyon conservation: a review

U Fernandez-Arcaya, E Ramirez-Llodra… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Submarine canyons are major geomorphic features of continental margins around the world.
Several recent multidisciplinary projects focused on the study of canyons have considerably …

Topographic determinants of mobile vertebrate predator hotspots: current knowledge and future directions

PJ Bouchet, JJ Meeuwig, CP Salgado Kent… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being identified as a driver of mobile predator aggregations (hotspots) in both
marine and terrestrial environments, topographic complexity has long remained a …

[HTML][HTML] The marine soundscape of the Perth Canyon

C Erbe, A Verma, R McCauley, A Gavrilov… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Perth Canyon is a submarine canyon off Rottnest Island in Western Australia. It
is rich in biodiversity in general, and important as a feeding and resting ground for great …

Blue whale habitat selection and within-season distribution in a regional upwelling system off southern Australia

PC Gill, MG Morrice, B Page, R Pirzl… - … ecology progress series, 2011 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus aggregate to feed in a regional upwelling system
during November–May between the Great Australian Bight (GAB) and Bass Strait. We …

Seasonal and geographic variation of southern blue whale subspecies in the Indian Ocean

F Samaran, KM Stafford, TA Branch, J Gedamke… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the seasonal movements and distribution patterns of migratory species over
ocean basin scales is vital for appropriate conservation and management measures …

Review of underwater and in-air sounds emitted by Australian and Antarctic marine mammals

C Erbe, R Dunlop, KCS Jenner, MNM Jenner… - Acoustics Australia, 2017 - Springer
The study of marine soundscapes is a growing field of research. Recording hardware is
becoming more accessible; there are a number of off-the-shelf autonomous recorders that …

Migratory Movements of Pygmy Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda) between Australia and Indonesia as Revealed by Satellite Telemetry

MC Double, V Andrews-Goff, KCS Jenner, MN Jenner… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In Australian waters during the austral summer, pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus
brevicauda) occur predictably in two distinct feeding areas off western and southern …

Submarine canyons as important habitat for cetaceans, with special reference to the Gully: a review

HB Moors-Murphy - Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in …, 2014 - Elsevier
There has been much research interest in the use of submarine canyons by cetaceans,
particularly beaked whales (family Ziphiidae), which appear to be especially attracted to …

Links in the trophic chain: modeling functional relationships between in situ oceanography, krill, and blue whale distribution under different oceanographic regimes

DR Barlow, KS Bernard, P Escobar-Flores… - Marine Ecology …, 2020 - int-res.com
The response of marine predators to global climate change and shifting ocean conditions is
tightly linked with their environment and prey. Environmental data are frequently used as …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of submarine canyons of the Australian continental margin

Z Huang, SL Nichol, PT Harris, MJ Caley - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
Submarine canyons influence oceanographic processes, sediment transport, productivity
and benthic biodiversity from the continental shelf to the slope and beyond. However, not all …