Large whales are subjected to a variety of conservation pressures that could be better
monitored and managed if physiological information could be gathered readily from free …

Stressors are commonly accepted as the causal factors, either internal or external, that
evoke physiological responses to mediate the impact of the stressor. The majority of …

An animal's body condition will affect its survival and reproductive success, which influences
population dynamics. Despite its importance, relatively little is known about the body …

Accurate estimates of the diets of predators are required in many areas of ecology, but for
many species current methods are imprecise, limited to the last meal, and often biased. The …

Fatty acids (FA) represent a large group of molecules that comprise the majority of lipids
found in all organisms. Their great diversity, biochemical restrictions and, in some cases …

Food web structure, predator–prey dynamics, foraging behavior, and consequences of these
factors for individual growth, reproduction and survival are central to our understanding of …

Farming transformed societies globally. Yet, despite more than a century of research, there
is little consensus on the speed or completeness of this fundamental change and …

Fatty acld signature analysis was used to investigate the diet and the spatial scales of
foraging in harbor seals Phoca vituljna richardsi in Prince William Sound (PWS) and …

Le canyon sousmarin Gully, au large de la côte est du Canada, a été désigné zone protégée
en grande partie à cause de la présence des Baleines-à-bec communes (Hyperoodon …

The harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is probably the most abundant small cetacean
in the northeast Atlantic and as such is an important top predator. It is also one of the most …