Overlap between marine predators and proposed Marine Managed Areas on the Patagonian Shelf

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair M. M. Baylis ◽  
Ander M. de Lecea ◽  
Megan Tierney ◽  
Rachael A. Orben ◽  
Norman Ratcliffe ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair M. M. Baylis ◽  
Megan Tierney ◽  
Rachael A. Orben ◽  
Victoria Warwick-Evans ◽  
Ewan Wakefield ◽  
...  

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2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair M. M. Baylis ◽  
Megan Tierney ◽  
Rachael A. Orben ◽  
Victoria Warwick-Evans ◽  
Ewan Wakefield ◽  
...  


2016 ◽  
Vol 544 ◽  
pp. 197-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Chin ◽  
MR Heupel ◽  
CA Simpfendorfer ◽  
AJ Tobin


2020 ◽  
Vol 635 ◽  
pp. 187-202
Author(s):  
T Brough ◽  
W Rayment ◽  
E Slooten ◽  
S Dawson

Many species of marine predators display defined hotspots in their distribution, although the reasons why this happens are not well understood in some species. Understanding whether hotspots are used for certain behaviours provides insights into the importance of these areas for the predators’ ecology and population viability. In this study, we investigated the spatiotemporal distribution of foraging behaviour in Hector’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori, a small, endangered species from New Zealand. Passive acoustic monitoring of foraging ‘buzzes’ was carried out at 4 hotspots and 6 lower-use, ‘reference areas’, chosen randomly based on a previous density analysis of visual sightings. The distribution of buzzes was modelled among spatial locations and on 3 temporal scales (season, time of day, tidal state) with generalised additive mixed models using 82000 h of monitoring data. Foraging rates were significantly influenced by all 3 temporal effects, with substantial variation in the importance and nature of each effect among locations. The complexity of the temporal effects on foraging is likely due to the patchy nature of prey distributions and shows how foraging is highly variable at fine scales. Foraging rates were highest at the hotspots, suggesting that feeding opportunities shape fine-scale distribution in Hector’s dolphin. Foraging can be disrupted by anthropogenic influences. Thus, information from this study can be used to manage threats to this vital behaviour in the locations and at the times where it is most prevalent.



Author(s):  
Anaïs Janc ◽  
Christophe Guinet ◽  
David Pinaud ◽  
Gaëtan Richard ◽  
Pascal Monestiez ◽  
...  


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kylie Owen ◽  
Kentaro Saeki ◽  
Joseph D. Warren ◽  
Alessandro Bocconcelli ◽  
David N. Wiley ◽  
...  

AbstractFinding prey is essential to survival, with marine predators hypothesised to track chemicals such as dimethyl sulfide (DMS) while foraging. Many predators are attracted to artificially released DMS, and laboratory experiments have shown that zooplankton grazing on phytoplankton accelerates DMS release. However, whether natural DMS concentrations are useful for predators and correlated to areas of high prey biomass remains a fundamental knowledge gap. Here, we used concurrent hydroacoustic surveys and in situ DMS measurements to present evidence that zooplankton biomass is spatially correlated to natural DMS concentration in air and seawater. Using agent simulations, we also show that following gradients of DMS would lead zooplankton predators to areas of higher prey biomass than swimming randomly. Further understanding of the conditions and scales over which these gradients occur, and how they are used by predators, is essential to predicting the impact of future changes in the ocean on predator foraging success.



2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 6092-6108
Author(s):  
Lucrecia Allega ◽  
Juan Pablo Pisoni ◽  
Ezequiel Cozzolino ◽  
Reinaldo Agustín Maenza ◽  
María Cintia Piccolo


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