Translating marine animal tracking data into conservation policy and management

GC Hays, H Bailey, SJ Bograd, WD Bowen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
There have been efforts around the globe to track individuals of many marine species and
assess their movements and distribution, with the putative goal of supporting their …

Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters

A Rodriguez, JM Arcos, V Bretagnolle… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Whale counting in satellite and aerial images with deep learning

E Guirado, S Tabik, ML Rivas, D Alcaraz-Segura… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite their interest and threat status, the number of whales in world's oceans remains
highly uncertain. Whales detection is normally carried out from costly sighting surveys …

A novel method for using small unoccupied aerial vehicles to survey wildlife species and model their density distribution

C Cleguer, N Kelly, J Tyne, M Wieser, D Peel… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
There is growing interest from research and conservation groups in the potential for using
small unoccupied aerial vehicles (UAVs;< 2 kg) to conduct wildlife surveys because they are …

The Falkland Islands marine ecosystem: a review of the seasonal dynamics and trophic interactions across the food web

J van der Grient, S Morley, A Arkhipkin, J Bates… - Advances in Marine …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Falkland Islands marine environment host a mix of temperate and subantarctic
species. This review synthesizes baseline information regarding ontogenetic migration …

Tracking the movements of North Atlantic seabirds: steps towards a better understanding of population dynamics and marine ecosystem conservation

H Strøm, S Descamps, M Ekker, P Fauchald… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2021 - int-res.com
Many seabird species undergo extensive seasonal migrations, often across large marine
ecosystems or between marine areas under different national jurisdictions. With the …

Variation in species composition, size and fitness of two multi-species sea turtle assemblages using different neritic habitats

MM Lamont, D Johnson - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The neritic environment is rich in resources and as such plays a crucial role as foraging
habitat for multi-species marine assemblages, including sea turtles. However, this habitat …

Using long‐term data series to design adequate protected areas that ensure the conservation of inconspicuous small petrel species

A De la Cruz, JM Pereira, VH Paiva… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely used tools for conservation and management.
Their correct delimitation is challenging, especially when the target species are small …

Within-colony spatial segregation leads to foraging behaviour variation in a seabird

S Sánchez, RD Reina, A Kato… - Marine Ecology …, 2018 - int-res.com
Central-place foraging in large seabird colonies leads to high levels of intra-specific
competition for food resources, often resulting in between-colony spatial segregation …

Important areas and conservation sites for a community of globally threatened marine predators of the Southern Indian Ocean

K Heerah, MP Dias, K Delord, S Oppel… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Southern Ocean, the impact of environmental changes and increasing human
encroachment is causing declines in several populations of seabirds. Amsterdam island …