Climate change and other human activities are causing profound effects on marine
ecosystem productivity. We show that the breeding success of seabirds is tracking …

By supporting the fishmeal industry, are we competing with marine predators? Should we be
taking away food from marine predators to subsidize agriculture? If not for human …

Bottom‐up control is an important regulator of marine mesopredators such as seabirds. The
prevalence of top‐down control on these species is however less well understood. In …

The African penguin population has declined precipitously in recent decades, and if current
rates of decline persist, this species could become extinct in the wild by 2035. Resource …

We agree with Cochrane et al.[1] that misleading science can misinform and is to be
avoided. And we agree wholeheartedly that scientists should “strive for objectivity and …

Piscivorous wildlife is often perceived as competitors by humans. Great cormorants of the
continental subspecies (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in the Baltic and North Sea increase …

Four of seven seabirds that are endemic to the Benguela ecosystem (African Penguin
Spheniscus demersus, Cape Gannet Morus capensis, Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax …

Sprat are commercially valuable and are an important component of the North-East Atlantic
ecosystem as major predators of zooplankton, competitors with herring, and prey for …

Fisheries threaten marine predator populations through bycatch and competition for the
same resources, but may also provide feeding opportunities. Understanding benefits and …

Actuarial senescence, the decline of survival with age, is well documented in the wild. Rates
of senescence vary widely between taxa, to some extent also between sexes, with the …