The rapid pace of environmental change in the Anthropocene necessitates the development
of a new suite of tools for measuring ecosystem dynamics. Sentinel species can provide …

Pelagic marine predators face unprecedented challenges and uncertain futures.
Overexploitation and climate variability impact the abundance and distribution of top …

To manage marine ecosystems proactively, it is important to identify species at risk and
habitats critical for conservation. Climate change scenarios have predicted an average sea …

The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

The sustainable exploitation of the marine environment depends upon our capacity to
develop systems of management with predictable outcomes. Unfortunately, marine …

© 2004 EcoHealth Journal Consortium areas, such as the Gulf of Mexico, the Hawaiian
Archipelago, or the Chesapeake Bay, do not diminish issues of scale (Aguirre et al., 2002; …

We review present understanding of the spatial and temporal diet variability
(trophodynamics) of a range of pelagic marine top predators, at both early and adult life …

The long-term consequences of climate change and potential environmental degradation
are likely to include aspects of disease emergence in marine plants and animals. In turn …

The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

The Northwest Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are among the fastest warming ocean
regions, a trend that is expected to continue through this century with far-reaching …