Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in a declining seabird, the Atlantic puffin

AL Fayet, GV Clucas, T Anker‐Nilssen… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As more and more species face anthropogenic threats, understanding the causes of
population declines in vulnerable taxa is essential. However, long‐term datasets, ideal to …

Nutritional status and prey energy density govern reproductive success in a small cetacean

LL IJsseldijk, S Hessing, A Mairo, MTI Ten Doeschate… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
A variety of mammals suppress reproduction when they experience poor physical condition
or environmental harshness. In many marine mammal species, reproductive impairment has …

Searching on the edge: dynamic oceanographic features increase foraging opportunities in a small pelagic seabird

F De Pascalis, D Pala, D Pisu, J Morinay… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Ocean mesoscale and submesoscale features, such as eddies and filaments, play a key role
in the foraging ecology of marine predators, by concentrating nutrients and acting as …

Trophic and fitness correlates of mercury and organochlorine compound residues in egg-laying Antarctic petrels

A Carravieri, NA Warner, D Herzke… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the drivers and effects of exposure to contaminants such as mercury (Hg)
and organochlorine compounds (OCs) in Antarctic wildlife is still limited. Yet, Hg and OCs …

A mechanistic framework to inform the spatial management of conflicting fisheries and top predators

J Hentati‐Sundberg, AB Olin, TJ Evans… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Conflicts of interest between resource extraction and conservation are widespread, and
negotiating such conflicts, or trade‐offs, is a key issue for ecosystem managers. One such …

Macrobenthic invertebrate energy densities and ecological status in freshwater watercourses (Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Northeast Italy)

M Bertoli, G Piazza, P Pastorino, M Prearo, F Cozzoli… - Aquatic Ecology, 2021 - Springer
The present study provides energy density (ED) data and models for four macrobenthic
invertebrate genera inhabiting freshwater lotic environments (Baetis, Hydropsyche …

Long-term variation in the breeding diets of macaroni and eastern rockhopper penguins at Marion Island (1994–2018)

FE Dakwa, PG Ryan, BM Dyer… - African Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Populations of the macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus and the eastern rockhopper
penguin E. filholi breeding at Marion Island (Prince Edward Islands) in the sub-Antarctic …

The Identification and Prediction in Abundance Variation of Atlantic Cod via Long Short-Term Memory With Periodicity, Time–Frequency Co-movement, and Lead …

R Nian, Q Yuan, H He, X Geng, CW Su, B He… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The population of Atlantic cod significantly contributes to the prosperity of fishery production
in the world. In this paper, we quantitatively investigate the global abundance variation in …

Evidence for Ecosystem-Level Trophic Cascade Effects Involving Gulf Menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) Triggered by the Deepwater Horizon Blowout

JW Short, CM Voss, ML Vozzo, V Guillory… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Unprecedented recruitment of Gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus) followed the 2010
Deepwater Horizon blowout (DWH). The foregone consumption of Gulf menhaden, after …

Colony characteristics influence nest survival of Caribbean Roseate Terns

PA Byerly, S Zaluski, D Nellis, PL Leberg - The Condor, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Determining how site characteristics influence reproductive success can help guide
conservation planning for declining wildlife populations. For colonially breeding seabirds …