Future trends in measuring physiology in free-living animals

HJ Williams, JR Shipley, C Rutz… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Thus far, ecophysiology research has predominantly been conducted within controlled
laboratory-based environments, owing to a mismatch between the recording technologies …

[HTML][HTML] Thermoregulatory strategies of diving air-breathing marine vertebrates: a review

AB Favilla, DP Costa - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The aquatic habitat of marine “air-breathing” vertebrates provides a significant
thermoregulatory challenge due to the high thermal conductivity of water. In addition to …

Causes and consequences of individual variability and specialization in foraging and migration strategies of seabirds

RA Phillips, S Lewis, J González-Solís… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2017 - int-res.com
Technological advances in recent years have seen an explosion of tracking and stable
isotope studies of seabirds, often involving repeated measures from the same individuals …

A junk-food hypothesis for gannets feeding on fishery waste

D Grémillet, L Pichegru, G Kuntz… - … of the Royal …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Worldwide fisheries generate large volumes of fishery waste and it is often assumed that this
additional food is beneficial to populations of marine top-predators. We challenge this …

Individual-based tracking systems in ornithology: welcome to the era of big data

P López-López - Ardeola, 2016 - BioOne
Technological innovations have led to exciting fast-moving developments in science. Today,
we are living in a technology-driven era of biological discovery. Consequently, tracking …

Multi-trophic consequences of kelp harvest

SH Lorentsen, K Sjøtun, D Grémillet - Biological conservation, 2010 - Elsevier
Coastal kelp forest ecosystems provide important habitats for a diverse assemblage of
invertebrates, fish and marine top-predators such as seabirds and sea mammals. Although …

[HTML][HTML] North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds

M Clairbaux, P Mathewson, W Porter, J Fort, H Strøm… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most
severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called" winter wrecks." 1–3 During …

Thermodynamic modelling predicts energetic bottleneck for seabirds wintering in the northwest Atlantic

J Fort, WP Porter, D Grémillet - Journal of Experimental …, 2009 - journals.biologists.com
Studying the energetics of marine top predators such as seabirds is essential to understand
processes underlying adult winter survival and its impact on population dynamics. Winter …

Multiple-colony winter habitat use by murres Uria spp. in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean: implications for marine risk assessment

LAMF Tranquilla, WA Montevecchi, A Hedd… - Marine Ecology …, 2013 - int-res.com
Limited knowledge of year-round seabird distributions hinders efforts to assess
consequences of anthropogenic threats and climate-induced changes in the marine …

Heart rate responses provide an objective evaluation of human disturbance stimuli in breeding birds

U Ellenberg, T Mattern, PJ Seddon - Conservation Physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Intuition is a poor guide for evaluating the effects of human disturbance on wildlife. Using the
endangered Yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, as an example, we show that …