Memory and resource tracking drive blue whale migrations

B Abrahms, EL Hazen, EO Aikens… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
In terrestrial systems, the green wave hypothesis posits that migrating animals can enhance
foraging opportunities by tracking phenological variation in high-quality forage across space …

Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species

B Abrahms, H Welch, S Brodie, MG Jacox… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for
estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management …

Predator‐scale spatial analysis of intra‐patch prey distribution reveals the energetic drivers of rorqual whale super‐group formation

DE Cade, SM Seakamela, KP Findlay… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Animals are distributed relative to the resources they rely upon, often scaling in abundance
relative to available resources. Yet, in heterogeneously distributed environments, describing …

Temporal and spatial lags between wind, coastal upwelling, and blue whale occurrence

DR Barlow, H Klinck, D Ponirakis, C Garvey… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding relationships between physical drivers and biological response is central to
advancing ecological knowledge. Wind is the physical forcing mechanism in coastal …

Acoustic signature reveals blue whales tune life‐history transitions to oceanographic conditions

WK Oestreich, B Abrahms, MF McKenna… - Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Matching the timing of life‐history transitions with ecosystem phenology is critical for the
survival of many species, especially those undertaking long‐distance migrations. As a result …

The long-term ecology and evolution of marine reptiles in a Jurassic seaway

D Foffa, MT Young, TL Stubbs, KG Dexter… - Nature Ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
Marine reptiles flourished in the Mesozoic oceans, filling ecological roles today dominated
by crocodylians, large fish, sharks and cetaceans. Many groups of these reptiles coexisted …

Modeling predator and prey hotspots: Management implications of baleen whale co-occurrence with krill in Central California

RC Rockwood, ML Elliott, B Saenz, N Nur, J Jahncke - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
As global ocean-bound commerce increases, managing human activities has become
important in reducing conflict with threatened wildlife. This study investigates environmental …

Social exploitation of extensive, ephemeral, environmentally controlled prey patches by supergroups of rorqual whales

DE Cade, JA Fahlbusch, WK Oestreich, J Ryan… - Animal Behaviour, 2021 - Elsevier
Large groups of animals aggregate around resource hotspots, with group size often
influenced by the heterogeneity of the environment. In most cases, the foraging success of …

Ecological diversification of a cyanobacterium through divergence of its novel chlorophyll d-based light-harvesting system

NJ Ulrich, G Shen, DA Bryant, SR Miller - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
The evolution of novel traits can have important consequences for biological diversification.
Novelties such as new structures are associated with changes in both genotype and …

Estimating effectiveness of speed reduction measures for decreasing whale-strike mortality in a high-risk region

RC Rockwood, J Adams, G Silber… - Endangered Species …, 2020 - int-res.com
Recent estimates of blue (Balaenoptera musculus) and humpback (Megaptera
novaeangliae) whale ship-strike deaths on the US west coast are above the Potential …