Potential consequences of discard reform for seabird communities

AWJ Bicknell, D Oro, K Camphuysen… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Upcoming reform of the E uropean U nion (EU) C ommon F isheries P olicy will be the
biggest change in E uropean fisheries management for a generation. A central plank of this …

The multidimensional nutritional niche

GE Machovsky-Capuska, AM Senior… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
The dietary generalist–specialist distinction plays a pivotal role in theoretical and applied
ecology, conservation, invasion biology, and evolution and yet the concept remains poorly …

Population trend of the world's monitored seabirds, 1950-2010

M Paleczny, E Hammill, V Karpouzi, D Pauly - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Seabird population changes are good indicators of long-term and large-scale change in
marine ecosystems, and important because of their many impacts on marine ecosystems …

Tipping toward sustainability: emerging pathways of transformation

F Westley, P Olsson, C Folke, T Homer-Dixon… - Ambio, 2011 - Springer
This article explores the links between agency, institutions, and innovation in navigating
shifts and large-scale transformations toward global sustainability. Our central question is …

Massive mortality of a planktivorous seabird in response to a marine heatwave

T Jones, JK Parrish, WT Peterson… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change has exacerbated the occurrence of large‐scale sea surface temperature
anomalies, or marine heatwaves (MHWs)—extreme phenomena often associated with mass …

Transnational corporations as 'keystone actors' in marine ecosystems

H Österblom, JB Jouffray, C Folke, B Crona, M Troell… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Keystone species have a disproportionate influence on the structure and function of
ecosystems. Here we analyze whether a keystone-like pattern can be observed in the …

Climate, plankton and cod

G Beaugrand, RR Kirby - Global Change Biology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract While a few North Atlantic cod stocks are stable, none have increased and many
have declined in recent years. Although overfishing is the main cause of most observed …

Central-place foraging in an Arctic seabird provides evidence for Storer-Ashmole's halo

KH Elliott, KJ Woo, AJ Gaston, S Benvenuti… - The Auk, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Breeding seabirds are extreme central-place foragers, commuting long distances between
colonies and feeding areas. Central-place foraging theory predicts that prey items close to …

Cost of living dictates what whales, dolphins and porpoises eat: the importance of prey quality on predator foraging strategies

J Spitz, AW Trites, V Becquet, A Brind'Amour, Y Cherel… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Understanding the mechanisms that drive prey selection is a major challenge in foraging
ecology. Most studies of foraging strategies have focused on behavioural costs, and have …

Additive effects of climate and fisheries drive ongoing declines in multiple albatross species

D Pardo, J Forcada, AG Wood… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Environmental and anthropogenic factors often drive population declines in top predators,
but how their influences may combine remains unclear. Albatrosses are particularly …