From wind to whales: trophic links in a coastal upwelling system

DA Croll, B Marinovic, S Benson, FP Chavez… - Marine Ecology …, 2005 - int-res.com
Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus meet the highest prey demands of any predator that
has ever existed by feeding exclusively upon dense but patchy schools of pelagic …

Habitat-specific normal and reverse diel vertical migration in the plankton-feeding basking shark

DW Sims, EJ Southall, GA Tarling, JD Metcalfe - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2005 - JSTOR
1. Megaplanktivores such as filter-feeding sharks and baleen whales are at the apex of a
short food chain (phytoplankton-zooplankton-vertebrate) and are sensitive indicators of sea …

Predatory behaviour of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) at Seal Island, South Africa

RA Martin, N Hammerschlag, RS Collier… - JMBA-Journal of the …, 2005 - cambridge.org
between 1997 and 2003, there were 2088 natural predations by white sharks (carcharodon
carcharias) on cape fur seals (arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) and 121 strikes on towed seal …

Effects of fine-scale oceanographic features on the distribution and movements of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the Bay of Fundy

DW Johnston, AJ Westgate, AJ Read - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005 - int-res.com
We describe an integrative approach to studying the fine-scale distribution of harbour
porpoises Phocoena phocoena in the Bay of Fundy, using satellite telemetry, line transect …

The effects of climate variability on zooplankton and basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) relative abundance off southwest Britain

PA Cotton, DW Sims, SAM Fanshawe… - Fisheries …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
At small spatial scales basking sharks (Cetorhinus maximus) forage selectively on
zooplankton along thermal fronts, but the factors influencing broader scale patterns in their …

Spatial distribution patterns of basking sharks on the European shelf: preliminary comparison of satellite-tag geolocation, survey and public sightings data

EJ Southall, DW Sims, JD Metcalfe, JI Doyle… - JMBA-Journal of the …, 2005 - cambridge.org
current concerns about the population levels of the basking shark (cetorhinus maximus) in
the north-east atlantic have prompted a need to understand population distribution, habitat …

The potential for cooperative management of elasmobranchs and offshore renewable energy development in UK waters

AB Gill, JA Kimber - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of …, 2005 - cambridge.org
the uk government's strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to meet carbon
mitigation obligations and the wider aims on sustainable development has provided the …

[PDF][PDF] On the presence of basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) in the Mediterranean Sea

C Mancusi, S Clò, M Affronte, MN Bradaï, F Hemida… - Cybium, 2005 - academia.edu
The presence of basking shark C eto rhinus maximus Gunnerus, 1765 throughout the
Mediterranean Sea was investigated using data stored in the “Large Elasmobranch …

Tidal front affects the size of prey used by a top marine predator, the short‐tailed shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)

LS Vlietstra, KO Coyle, NB Kachel… - Fisheries …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Oceanographic features are known to influence the distribution of marine predators by
affecting the abundance and distribution of their prey. We tested the hypothesis that …

Motile suspension-feeders in estuarine and marine ecosystems

D Bushek, DM Allen - The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in …, 2005 - Springer
Motile suspension-feeders are defined as macroinvertebrates, fishes, and mammals that
strain multiple small particles from the water column during each feeding event. Motile …