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Seabird diving behaviour reveals the functional significance of shelf-sea fronts as foraging hotspots.

2016
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Royal Society open SACence

Cox, S. L., Miller, P. I., Embling, C. B., Scales, K. L., Bicknell, A. W., Hosegood, P. J., Morgan, G., Ingram, S. N. and Votier, S. C.

Oceanic fronts are key habitats for a diverse range of marine predators, yet how they influence fine-scale foraging behaviour is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the...
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Keywords: Diving behaviour, Foraging, Seabird, Shelf-sea fronts

The extra burden of motherhood: reduced dive duration associated with pregnancy status in a deep-diving mammal, the northern elephant seal

2017
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Biology Letters

Hückstädt, L. A., Holser, R. R., Tift, M. S., and Costa, D. P

The cost of pregnancy is hard to study in marine mammals, particularly in species that undergo pregnancy while diving continuously at sea such as elephant seals...
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Keywords: Biologging, Diving behaviour, Northern elephant seal, Pregnancy