Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services

NS Steiner, J Bowman, K Campbell, M Chierici… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
A rigorous synthesis of the sea-ice ecosystem and linked ecosystem services highlights that
the sea-ice ecosystem supports all 4 ecosystem service categories, that sea-ice ecosystems …

[HTML][HTML] Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems

EJ Murphy, NM Johnston, EE Hofmann… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Southern Ocean ecosystems are globally important. Processes in the Antarctic atmosphere,
cryosphere, and the Southern Ocean directly influence global atmospheric and oceanic …

Massive Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom fed by iron of possible hydrothermal origin

CMS Schine, AC Alderkamp, G van Dijken… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Primary production in the Southern Ocean (SO) is limited by iron availability. Hydrothermal
vents have been identified as a potentially important source of iron to SO surface waters …

High-resolution projections of global sea surface temperatures reveal critical warming in humpback whale breeding grounds

H von Hammerstein, RO Setter… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are triggering changes in global climate and
warming the ocean. This will affect many marine organisms, particularly those with high site …

Skin in the game: Epidermal molt as a driver of long‐distance migration in whales

RL Pitman, JW Durban, T Joyce… - Marine Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐distance migration in whales has historically been described as an annual, round‐trip
movement between high‐latitude, summer feeding grounds, and low‐latitude, winter …

First evidence of bubble‐net feeding and the formation of 'super‐groups' by the east Australian population of humpback whales during their southward migration

V Pirotta, K Owen, D Donnelly… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The recovery of overexploited populations is likely to reveal behaviours that may have been
present prior to harvest but are only now reappearing as the population size increases. The …

Round-trip migration and energy budget of a breeding female humpback whale in the Northeast Atlantic

LE Kettemer, AH Rikardsen, M Biuw, F Broms, E Mul… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
In the northern hemisphere, humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) typically migrate
between summer/autumn feeding grounds at high latitudes, and specific winter/spring …

Dietary analysis of two sympatric marine turtle species in the eastern Mediterranean

JL Palmer, D Beton, BA Çiçek, S Davey, EM Duncan… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Dietary studies provide key insights into threats and changes within ecosystems and
subsequent impacts on focal species. Diet is particularly challenging to study within marine …

Horizontal and vertical movements of humpback whales inform the use of critical pelagic habitats in the western South Pacific

S Derville, LG Torres, AN Zerbini, M Oremus… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are known for their nearshore distribution
during the breeding season, but their pelagic habitat use patterns remain mostly unexplored …