Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

G.C. Hays; L.C. Ferreira; A.M.M. Sequeira; M.G. Meekan; C.M. Duarte; H. Bailey; F. Bailleul; W.D. Bowen; M.J. Caley; D.P. Costa; V.M. Eguíluz; S. Fossette; A.S. Friedlaender; N. Gales; A.C. Gleiss; J. Gunn; R. Harcourt; E.L. Hazen; M.R. Heithaus; M. Heupel; K. Holland; M. Horning; I. Jonsen; G.L. Kooyman; C.G. Lowe; P.T. Madsen; H. Marsh; R.A. Phillips; D. Righton; Y. Ropert-Coudert; K. Sato; S.A. Shaffer; C.A. Simpfendorfer; D.W. Sims; G. Skomal; A. Takahashi; P.N. Trathan; M. Wikelski; J.N. Womble; M. Thums

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Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

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Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

G.C. Hays, L.C. Ferreira, A.M.M. Sequeira, M.G. Meekan, C.M. Duarte, H. Bailey, F. Bailleul, W.D. Bowen, M.J. Caley, D.P. Costa, …

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.31(6), pp.463-475

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.015

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Abstract

It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on marine megafauna, which include a broad range of birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish. Research on these taxa has both underpinned many of the recent technical developments and led to fundamental discoveries in the field. We show that the questions have broad applicability to other taxa, including terrestrial animals, flying insects, and swimming invertebrates, and, as such, this exercise provides a useful roadmap for targeted deployments and data syntheses that should advance the field of movement ecology. Technical advances make this an exciting time for animal movement studies, with a range of small, reliable data-loggers and transmitters that can record horizontal and vertical movements as well as aspects of physiology and reproductive biology.Forty experts identified key questions in the field of movement ecology.Questions have broad applicability across species, habitats, and spatial scales, and apply to animals in both marine and terrestrial habitats as well as both vertebrates and invertebrates, including birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, insects, and plankton.

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Title: Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology
Authors/Creators: G.C. Hays (Author/Creator) - Deakin University
L.C. Ferreira (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
A.M.M. Sequeira (Author/Creator)
M.G. Meekan (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
C.M. Duarte (Author/Creator) - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
H. Bailey (Author/Creator) - University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
F. Bailleul (Author/Creator) - South Australian Research and Development Institute
W.D. Bowen (Author/Creator) - Bedford Institute of Oceanography
M.J. Caley (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
D.P. Costa (Author/Creator) - University of California, Santa Cruz
V.M. Eguíluz (Author/Creator) - Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems
S. Fossette (Author/Creator) - The University of Western Australia
A.S. Friedlaender (Author/Creator) - Oregon State University
N. Gales (Author/Creator) - Australian Antarctic Division
A.C. Gleiss (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
J. Gunn (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
R. Harcourt (Author/Creator) - Macquarie University
E.L. Hazen (Author/Creator) - NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Fisheries Science Center
M.R. Heithaus (Author/Creator) - Florida International University
M. Heupel (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
K. Holland (Author/Creator) - University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
M. Horning (Author/Creator) - Alaska SeaLife Center
I. Jonsen (Author/Creator) - Macquarie University
G.L. Kooyman (Author/Creator) - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
C.G. Lowe (Author/Creator)
P.T. Madsen (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
H. Marsh (Author/Creator) - James Cook University
R.A. Phillips (Author/Creator) - Natural Environment Research Council
D. Righton (Author/Creator) - Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Y. Ropert-Coudert (Author/Creator) - Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé
K. Sato (Author/Creator) - The University of Tokyo
S.A. Shaffer (Author/Creator) - San Jose State University
C.A. Simpfendorfer (Author/Creator) - James Cook University
D.W. Sims (Author/Creator) - Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
G. Skomal (Author/Creator) - Massachusetts Shark Research Project, Division of Marine Fisheries, 1213 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740, USA
A. Takahashi (Author/Creator) - National Institute of Polar Research
P.N. Trathan (Author/Creator) - Natural Environment Research Council
M. Wikelski (Author/Creator) - Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
J.N. Womble (Author/Creator) - National Park Service
M. Thums (Author/Creator) - Australian Institute of Marine Science
Publication Details: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol.31(6), pp.463-475
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Identifiers: 991005542979907891
Copyright: © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
Murdoch Affiliation: Murdoch University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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