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 …

Transferring biodiversity models for conservation: Opportunities and challenges

AMM Sequeira, PJ Bouchet, KL Yates… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of extensive surveying, knowledge of the global distribution of species still
remains inadequate for many purposes. In the short to medium term, such knowledge is …

Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world's largest fish, the whale shark

FC Womersley, NE Humphries… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Marine traffic is increasing globally yet collisions with endangered megafauna such as
whales, sea turtles, and planktivorous sharks go largely undetected or unreported …

Climate-driven global redistribution of an ocean giant predicts increased threat from ship**

FC Womersley, LL Sousa, NE Humphries… - Nature climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is shifting animal distributions. However, the extent to which future global
habitats of threatened marine megafauna will overlap existing human threats remains …

Geographic range size, water temperature, and extrinsic threats predict the extinction risk in global cetaceans

C Chen, TA Jefferson, B Chen… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that cetaceans provide significant ecological contributions to the health and
stability of aquatic ecosystems, many are highly endangered with nearly one‐third of …

Modelling the oceanic habitats of two pelagic species using recreational fisheries data

S Brodie, AJ Hobday, JA Smith, JD Everett… - Fisheries …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Defining the oceanic habitats of migratory marine species is important for both single
species and ecosystem‐based fisheries management, particularly when the distribution of …

Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management

F Womersley, J Hancock, CT Perry… - Conservation …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Wound healing is important for marine taxa such as elasmobranchs, which can incur a
range of natural and anthropogenic wounds throughout their life history. There is evidence …

Modelling Critically Endangered marine species: Bias‐corrected citizen science data inform habitat suitability for the angelshark (Squatina squatina)

N Noviello, C McGonigle, DMP Jacoby… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As an increasingly important resource in ecological research, citizen scientists have proven
dynamic and cost‐effective in the supply of data for use within habitat suitability models. With …

Movement, distribution and marine reserve use by an endangered migratory giant

SD Reynolds, BM Norman, M Beger… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the spatial and temporal variation in the distribution of migratory species
is critical for management and conservation efforts. However, challenges in observing …

Effects of climate warming on energetics and habitat of the world's largest marine ectotherm

SD Reynolds, CE Franklin, BM Norman… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Responses of organisms to climate warming are variable and complex. Effects on species
distributions are already evident and mean global surface ocean temperatures are likely to …