A review of ecogeochemistry approaches to estimating movements of marine animals

KW McMahon, LL Hamady… - Limnology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ecogeochemistry—the application of geochemical techniques to fundamental questions in
population and community ecology—has been used in animal migration studies in terrestrial …

Ocean ecogeochemistry: a review

KW McMahon, LL Hamady… - … and Marine Biology: An …, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Animal movements and the acquisition and allocation of resources provide mechanisms for
individual behavioural traits to propagate through population, community and ecosystem …

Zinc isotopes from archaeological bones provide reliable trophic level information for marine mammals

J McCormack, P Szpak, N Bourgon, M Richards… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
In marine ecology, dietary interpretations of faunal assemblages often rely on nitrogen
isotopes as the main or only applicable trophic level tracer. We investigate the geographic …

Detecting spatial regimes in ecosystems

SM Sundstrom, T Eason, RJ Nelson… - Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Research on early warning indicators has generally focused on assessing temporal
transitions with limited application of these methods to detecting spatial regimes. Traditional …

Bowhead whales use two foraging strategies in response to fine-scale differences in zooplankton vertical distribution

SME Fortune, SH Ferguson, AW Trites, JM Hudson… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
As zooplanktivorous predators, bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) must routinely locate
patches of prey that are energy-rich enough to meet their metabolic needs. However, little is …

A 5-year study of seasonal patterns in mesozooplankton community structure in a sub-Arctic fjord reveals dominance of Microsetella norvegica (Crustacea, Copepoda …

KE Arendt, T Juul-Pedersen, J Mortensen… - Journal of plankton …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The study presents data from a multi-year zooplankton sampling programme with year-
round monthly sampling in a sub-Arctic fjord in Greenland (Godthåbsfjord). A total of 56 …

Mercury biomagnification in marine zooplankton food webs in Hudson Bay

KL Foster, GA Stern, MA Pazerniuk… - … science & technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
While much research has been carried out on mercury in large marine mammals and
associated food webs in northern regions, comparatively less has been conducted on lower …

Seasonal foraging behaviour of Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales: an assessment of isotopic cycles along baleen

CJD Matthews, SH Ferguson - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2015 - int-res.com
Eastern Canada-West Greenland (EC-WG) bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus migrate
seasonally between northwestern Hudson Bay/Foxe Basin and Gulf of Boothia in summer …

Broad feeding niches of capelin and sand lance may overlap those of polar cod and other native fish in the eastern Canadian Arctic

S Pedro, AT Fisk, SH Ferguson, NE Hussey, ST Kessel… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
As ocean temperatures rise, sub-Arctic capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sand lance
(Ammodytes spp.) have become increasingly abundant in regions of the eastern Canadian …

Age- and sex-specific movement, behaviour and habitat-use patterns of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Eastern Canadian Arctic

SME Fortune, BG Young, SH Ferguson - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
As an annual ice-associated species, bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) are known to
move northward in mid-to-late March and southward in early winter while following the …