On the Front Line: frontal zones as priority at‐sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates

KL Scales, PI Miller, LA Hawkes… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying priority areas for marine vertebrate conservation is complex because species of
conservation concern are highly mobile, inhabit dynamic habitats and are difficult to monitor …

The trophodynamics of marine top predators: current knowledge, recent advances and challenges

JW Young, BPV Hunt, TR Cook, JK Llopiz… - Deep Sea Research …, 2015 - Elsevier
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 …

A dynamic ocean management tool to reduce bycatch and support sustainable fisheries

EL Hazen, KL Scales, SM Maxwell, DK Briscoe… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Seafood is an essential source of protein for more than 3 billion people worldwide, yet
bycatch of threatened species in capture fisheries remains a major impediment to fisheries …

Cumulative human impacts on marine predators

SM Maxwell, EL Hazen, SJ Bograd, BS Halpern… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Stressors associated with human activities interact in complex ways to affect marine
ecosystems, yet we lack spatially explicit assessments of cumulative impacts on ecologically …

Considering Indigenous Peoples and local communities in governance of the global ocean commons

MK Vierros, AL Harrison, MR Sloat, GO Crespo… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations are currently negotiating a new international legally-binding
instrument to govern the global ocean commons, a vast area beyond national jurisdiction …

Ontogeny in marine tagging and tracking science: technologies and data gaps

EL Hazen, SM Maxwell, H Bailey, SJ Bograd… - Marine Ecology …, 2012 - int-res.com
The field of marine tagging and tracking has grown rapidly in recent years as tag sizes have
decreased and the diversity of sensors has increased. Tag data provide a unique view on …

Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi‐species predator tracking

B Raymond, MA Lea, T Patterson, V Andrews‐Goff… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite telemetry data are a key source of animal distribution information for marine
ecosystem management and conservation activities. We used two decades of telemetry data …

New insights into pelagic migrations: implications for ecology and conservation

DP Costa, GA Breed… - Annual review of ecology …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Highly pelagic large marine vertebrates have evolved the capability of moving across large
expanses of the marine environment; some species routinely move across entire ocean …

From hotspots to site protection: Identifying Marine Protected Areas for seabirds around the globe

BG Lascelles, GM Langham, RA Ronconi… - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are recognised as a key component of an ecosystem-based
approach to managing the marine environment more effectively and sustainably. Marine top …

Plastic additives and legacy persistent organic pollutants in the preen gland oil of seabirds sampled across the globe

R Yamashita, N Hiki, F Kashiwada… - Environmental …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Plastic pollution, and its associated impacts on marine fauna due to chemical contamination,
is an area of growing global concern. We analyzed 145 preen gland oil samples from 32 …