[PDF][PDF] Ecological effects of anthropogenic litter on marine mammals: A global review with a “black-list” of impacted taxa

G Poeta, E Staffieri, ATR Acosta, C Battisti - Hystrix, 2017 - italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it
In this work we would define an historical arrangement of the state of knowledge regarding
the ecological impact of anthropogenic litter on marine mammals, assessing the role of …

Thermoregulatory strategies of diving air-breathing marine vertebrates: a review

AB Favilla, DP Costa - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The aquatic habitat of marine “air-breathing” vertebrates provides a significant
thermoregulatory challenge due to the high thermal conductivity of water. In addition to …

Tissue Turnover Rates and Isotopic Trophic Discrimination Factors in the Endothermic Teleost, Pacific Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

DJ Madigan, SY Litvin, BN Popp, AB Carlisle… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) of highly migratory marine pelagic animals can improve
understanding of their migratory patterns and trophic ecology. However, accurate …

Unravelling the mysteries of a mesopelagic diet: a large apex predator specializes on small prey

Y Naito, DP Costa, T Adachi, PW Robinson… - Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
To gain insight into the foraging behaviour of deep diving seals, we developed a long‐term
jaw‐motion recorder, which successfully measured the feeding attempts of four post …

Climate mediates the success of migration strategies in a marine predator

B Abrahms, EL Hazen, SJ Bograd… - Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Individual behavioural specialisation has far‐reaching effects on fitness and population
persistence. Theory predicts that unconditional site fidelity, that is fidelity to a site …

What a jerk: prey engulfment revealed by high-rate, super-cranial accelerometry on a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

KS Ydesen, DM Wisniewska… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
A key component in understanding the ecological role of marine mammal predators is to
identify how and where they capture prey in time and space. Satellite and archival tags on …

Site fidelity and sex-specific migration in a mobile apex predator: implications for conservation and ecosystem dynamics

A Barnett, KG Abrantes, JD Stevens, JM Semmens - Animal Behaviour, 2011 - Elsevier
Combining movement behaviour with other ecological information of predators and their
prey is essential for an adequate understanding of ecosystem dynamics. The movement …

In situ measures of foraging success and prey encounter reveal marine habitat‐dependent search strategies

M Thums, CJA Bradshaw, MA Hindell - Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Predators are thought to reduce travel speed and increase turning rate in areas where
resources are relatively more abundant, a behavior termed “area‐restricted search.” …

Acceleration-triggered animal-borne videos show a dominance of fish in the diet of female northern elephant seals

K Yoshino, A Takahashi, T Adachi… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Knowledge of the diet of marine mammals is fundamental to understanding their role in
marine ecosystems and response to environmental change. Recently, animal-borne video …

A miniature biomimetic sonar and movement tag to study the biotic environment and predator-prey interactions in aquatic animals

P Goulet, C Guinet, R Swift, PT Madsen… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2019 - Elsevier
How predators find, select and capture prey is central to understanding trophic cascades
and ecosystem structure. But despite advances in biologging technology, obtaining in situ …