How whales dive, feast, and fast: the ecophysiological drivers and limits of foraging in the evolution of cetaceans

JA Goldbogen, ND Pyenson… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Whales are an extraordinary study group for questions about ecology and evolution
because their combinations of extreme body sizes and unique foraging strategies are …

Emerging themes in population consequences of disturbance models

KA Keen, RS Beltran, E Pirotta… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Assessing the non-lethal effects of disturbance from human activities is necessary for wildlife
conservation and management. However, linking short-term responses to long-term impacts …

[HTML][HTML] Ship noise causes tagged harbour porpoises to change direction or dive deeper

CK Frankish, AM von Benda-Beckmann… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Shipping is the most pervasive source of marine noise pollution globally, yet its impact on
sensitive fauna remains unclear. We tracked 10 harbour porpoises for 5–10 days to …

Cheap gulp foraging of a giga-predator enables efficient exploitation of sparse prey

SKA Videsen, M Simon, F Christiansen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The giant rorqual whales are believed to have a massive food turnover driven by a high-
intake lunge feeding style aptly described as the world's largest biomechanical action. This …

Movement and seasonal energetics mediate vulnerability to disturbance in marine mammal populations

CA Gallagher, V Grimm, LA Kyhn… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
In marine environments, noise from human activities is increasing dramatically, causing
animals to alter their behavior and forage less efficiently. These alterations incur energetic …

Small cetacean in a human high-use area: Trends in harbor porpoise abundance in the North Sea over two decades

DA Nachtsheim, S Viquerat… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The North Sea is one of the most heavily used shelf regions worldwide with a diversity of
human impacts, including shipping, pollution, fisheries, and offshore constructions. These …

Extracting foraging behavior from passive acoustic monitoring data to better understand harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) foraging habitat use

NRE Todd, M Jessopp, E Rogan… - Marine Mammal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For odontocetes, passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) can be used to differentiate between
occurrence and foraging through analysis of click characteristics. Feeding buzzes and …

[HTML][HTML] Phthalate metabolites in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Norwegian coastal waters

MB Rian, K Vike-Jonas, SV Gonzalez… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
The exposure of marine mammals to phthalates has received considerable attention due to
the ubiquitous occurrence of these pollutants in the marine environment and their potential …

How do marine mammals manage and usually avoid gas emboli formation and gas embolic pathology? Critical clues from studies of wild dolphins

A Fahlman, MJ Moore, RS Wells - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Decompression theory has been mainly based on studies on terrestrial mammals, and may
not translate well to marine mammals. However, evidence that marine mammals experience …

Physiological consequences of Arctic sea ice loss on large marine carnivores: unique responses by polar bears and narwhals

AM Pagano, TM Williams - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Rapid environmental changes in the Arctic are threatening the survival of marine species
that rely on the predictable presence of the sea ice. Two Arctic marine mammal specialists …