The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

The development of industrial, anthropogenic, and agricultural activities is the main factor
leading to contaminants' increasing in marine ecosystems. Contaminants include the great …

Abstract Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) are chronically exposed to
organic pollutants since they inhabit shallow coastal waters that are often impacted by …

The ability to accurately gauge the body condition of free‐swimming cetaceans is invaluable
in population and conservation biology, due to the direct implications that this measure has …

The use of fatty acid (FA) tracers is a growing tool in trophic ecology, yet FA profiles are
driven by a number of abiotic and biotic parameters, making interpretation and appropriate …

Establishing diets and dietary generalism in marine top predators is critical for
understanding their ecological roles and responses to environmental fluctuations. Nutrition …

Southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) rely on summer prey
abundance of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) to fuel one of the longest‐known …

This study contributes new data on the spatial variability of persistent organic pollutants in
the Indian–Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean and represents the first empirical data …

Sightings of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Greenland have increased in recent years,
coincident with sea ice loss. These killer whales are likely from fish-feeding North Atlantic …

Southern hemisphere humpback whales are classified as high-fidelity Antarctic krill
consumers and as such are vulnerable to variability and long-term changes in krill biomass …