The functional and ecological significance of deep diving by large marine predators

CD Braun, MC Arostegui, SR Thorrold… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Many large marine predators make excursions from surface waters to the deep ocean below
200 m. Moreover, the ability to access meso-and bathypelagic habitats has evolved …

Temporal niche partitioning as a novel mechanism promoting co-existence of sympatric predators in marine systems

KO Lear, NM Whitney, JJ Morris… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Niche partitioning of time, space or resources is considered the key to allowing the
coexistence of competitor species, and particularly guilds of predators. However, the extent …

Variations in cost of transport and their ecological consequences: a review

M Jahn, F Seebacher - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2022 - journals.biologists.com
Movement is essential in the ecology of most animals, and it typically consumes a large
proportion of individual energy budgets. Environmental conditions modulate the energetic …

Patrolling the border: Billfish exploit the hypoxic boundary created by the world's largest oxygen minimum zone

RK Logan, JJ Vaudo, BM Wetherbee… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Pelagic predators must contend with low prey densities that are irregularly distributed and
dynamic in space and time. Based on satellite imagery and telemetry data, many pelagic …

Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate

MJ Waller, N Queiroz, I da Costa, T Cidade… - Journal of Fish …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The shortfin mako shark is a large‐bodied pursuit predator thought to be capable of the
highest swimming speeds of any elasmobranch and potentially one of the highest energetic …

Prey interactions in tiger sharks: Accounting for visual perception in animal-borne cameras

LA Ryan, S Andrzejaczek, AC Gleiss… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The 'evolutionary arms race'between predator and prey is responsible for many
physiological, morphological, and behavioural adaptations and some of the most compelling …

Habitat use and movement patterns of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in eastern Australian waters

RS Lipscombe, JLY Spaet, A Scott… - ICES Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the movement of marine predators is vital for effective conservation and
management. Despite being targeted by shark control programs, the tiger shark, Galeocerdo …

Overall dynamic body acceleration measures activity differently on large versus small aquatic animals

LM Martin Lopez, N Aguilar de Soto… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Acceleration‐based proxies for activity and energy expenditure are widely used in bio‐
logging studies of animal movement and locomotion to explore biomechanical strategies …

Drivers of variation in occurrence, abundance, and behaviour of sharks on coral reefs

E Lester, T Langlois, I Lindgren, M Birt, T Bond… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Quantifying the drivers of population size in reef sharks is critical for the development of
appropriate conservation strategies. In north-west Australia, shark populations inhabit coral …

Dynamics analysis for a prey–predator evolutionary game system with delays

H Cheng, X Meng, T Hayat, A Hobiny - Dynamic Games and Applications, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we couple population dynamics and evolutionary game theory to establish a
prey–predator system in which individuals in the predator population need to choose …