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 …

Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: composite front mapping reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird

KL Scales, PI Miller, CB Embling… - Journal of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The oceanographic drivers of marine vertebrate habitat use are poorly understood yet
fundamental to our knowledge of marine ecosystem functioning. Here, we use composite …

Approaches to understanding the cumulative effects of stressors on marine mammals

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2017 - books.google.com
Marine mammals face a large array of stressors, including loss of habitat, chemical and
noise pollution, and bycatch in fishing, which alone kills hundreds of thousands of marine …

Post-nesting migrations of Galápagos green turtles Chelonia mydas in relation to oceanographic conditions: integrating satellite telemetry with remotely sensed ocean …

JA Seminoff, P Zárate, M Coyne, DG Foley… - Endangered Species …, 2008 - int-res.com
Post-nesting movements of 12 green turtles from the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) were
tracked with satellite telemetry during the 2003 and 2005 nesting seasons. To illuminate …

Oceanographic drivers of marine mammal and seabird habitat-use across shelf-seas: a guide to key features and recommendations for future research and …

SL Cox, CB Embling, PJ Hosegood, SC Votier… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Mid-latitude (∼ 30-60°) seasonally stratifying shelf-seas support a high abundance
and diversity of marine predators such as marine mammals and seabirds. However …

Confusion reigns? A review of marine megafauna interactions with tidal-stream environments

S Benjamins, AC Dale, G Hastie… - … and marine biology …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Energetic tidal-stream environments are characterized by frequent, variable, yet broadly
predictable currents containing ephemeral flow structures that change across multiple spatio …

Timing of migratory baleen whales at the Azores in relation to the North Atlantic spring bloom

F Visser, KL Hartman, GJ Pierce, VD Valavanis… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
Each year, a phytoplankton spring bloom starts just north of the North Atlantic Subtropical
Gyre, and then expands northwards across the entire North Atlantic. Here, we investigate …

Blue whale habitat selection and within-season distribution in a regional upwelling system off southern Australia

PC Gill, MG Morrice, B Page, R Pirzl… - … ecology progress series, 2011 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus aggregate to feed in a regional upwelling system
during November–May between the Great Australian Bight (GAB) and Bass Strait. We …

[图书][B] Воды Баренцева моря: структура, циркуляция, изменчивость

ВК Ожигин, ВА Ившин, АГ Трофимов, АЛ Карсаков… - 2016 - elibrary.ru
В монографии проанализированы и обобщены знания по физической океанографии,
структуре вод и их динамике, а также по пространственно-временной изменчивости …