Sexual segregation occurs when members of a species separate such that the sexes live
apart, either singly or in single‐sex groups. It can be broadly categorised into two types …

The Scotia Sea ecosystem is a major component of the circumpolar Southern Ocean system,
where productivity and predator demand for prey are high. The eastward-flowing Antarctic …

Knowledge of relationships between prey availability and predator performance is the key to
using predators as indicators of the state of marine systems and to assessing potential …

Summary 1 Climatic variation outside the breeding season affects fluctuations in population
numbers of seabirds and marine mammals. A challenge in identifying the underlying …

The South Georgia region is characterised by high biomass and productivity of
phytoplankton, zooplankton and vertebrate predators. Important commercial fisheries have …

The design of ecological networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) is generally based on
the identification of areas of high abundance for species of conservation concern or focal …

Southern Hemisphere humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae migrate from wintering
grounds in tropical latitudes to feeding areas in the Antarctic Ocean. It has been …

Over the last two decades, satellite tracking with the Argos system has become a widely
used tool, enabling the movements of a large variety of terrestrial, aquatic and aerial …

Since the 1980s, the Argos System operated by CLS Argos (http://www. argos-system. org)
has become a dominant system for following large-scale movements of vertebrate species in …

Aim Tracking the dispersal patterns and habitat use of migratory species is necessary to
delineate optimal areas for protection, with large sample sizes being more representative of …