A behavioural framework for the evolution of feeding in predatory aquatic mammals

DP Hocking, FG Marx, T Park… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Extant aquatic mammals are a key component of aquatic ecosystems. Their morphology,
ecological role and behaviour are, to a large extent, shaped by their feeding ecology …

Why whales are big but not bigger: physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants

JA Goldbogen, DE Cade, DM Wisniewska, J Potvin… - Science, 2019 - science.org
The largest animals are marine filter feeders, but the underlying mechanism of their large
size remains unexplained. We measured feeding performance and prey quality to …

Using on-board sound recordings to infer behaviour of free-moving wild animals

S Greif, Y Yovel - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Technological advances in the last 20 years have enabled researchers to develop
increasingly sophisticated miniature devices (tags) that record an animal's behaviour not …

[HTML][HTML] Cetaceans as ocean health indicators of marine litter impact at global scale

MC Fossi, M Baini, MP Simmonds - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Marine litter is a growing concern for marine animals, including cetaceans for which there is
a developing body of evidence showing impacts of both entanglement and ingestion. Better …

[HTML][HTML] Review of underwater and in-air sounds emitted by Australian and Antarctic marine mammals

C Erbe, R Dunlop, KCS Jenner, MNM Jenner… - Acoustics Australia, 2017 - Springer
The study of marine soundscapes is a growing field of research. Recording hardware is
becoming more accessible; there are a number of off-the-shelf autonomous recorders that …

[HTML][HTML] Echolocating toothed whales use ultra-fast echo-kinetic responses to track evasive prey

H Vance, PT Madsen, NA de Soto, DM Wisniewska… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Visual predators rely on fast-acting optokinetic responses to track and capture agile prey.
Most toothed whales, however, rely on echolocation for hunting and have converged on …

Estimating energetic intake for marine mammal bioenergetic models

CG Booth, M Guilpin, AK Darias-O'Hara… - Conservation …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bioenergetics is the study of how animals achieve energetic balance. Energetic balance
results from the energetic expenditure of an individual and the energy they extract from their …

The long-range echo scene of the sperm whale biosonar

P Tønnesen, C Oliveira, M Johnson… - Biology …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sperm whales use their gigantic nose to produce the most powerful sounds in the animal
kingdom, presumably to echolocate deep-sea prey at long ranges and possibly to debilitate …

[HTML][HTML] First evidence of underwater vocalisations in hunting penguins

A Thiebault, I Charrier, T Aubin, DB Green, PA Pistorius - PeerJ, 2019 - peerj.com
Seabirds are highly vocal on land where acoustic communication plays a crucial role in
reproduction. Yet, seabirds spend most of their life at sea. They have developed a number of …

Kinematic signatures of prey capture from archival tags reveal sex differences in killer whale foraging activity

JB Tennessen, MM Holt, MB Hanson… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.biologists.com
Studies of odontocete foraging ecology have been limited by the challenges of observing
prey capture events and outcomes underwater. We sought to determine whether subsurface …