Sizing ocean giants: patterns of intraspecific size variation in marine megafauna

Trait-mediated ecosystem impacts: how morphology and size affect pumping rates of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge

(2014) SE McMurray et al.   Aquatic Biology

Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales?

(2014) Cole C. Monnahan et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Blue whale population structure along the eastern South Pacific Ocean: evidence of more than one population

(2014) J. P. Torres-Florez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Resilience to Disturbance Despite Limited Dispersal and Self-Recruitment in Tropical Barrel Sponges: Implications for Conservation and Management

(2014) James J. Bell et al.   PLoS One

Diagnosing the dangerous demography of manta rays using life history theory

(2014) Nicholas K. Dulvy et al.   PeerJ

Climate warming and ectotherm body size - from individual physiology to community ecology

(2013) Jan Ohlberger   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fivein situobservations of live oarfishRegalecus glesne(Regalecidae) by remotely operated vehicles in the oceanic waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2013) M. C. Benfield et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Global Population Trends and Human Use Patterns of Manta and Mobula Rays

(2013) Christine A. Ward-Paige et al.   PLoS One

Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid Architeuthis: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species

(2013) I. Winkelmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Segregation and foraging ecology of whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, in the southwestern Gulf of California

(2012) James T. Ketchum et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

INCREASED ENERGY PROMOTES SIZE-BASED NICHE AVAILABILITY IN MARINE MOLLUSKS

(2012) Craig R. McClain et al.   EVOLUTION

The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks

(2012) Yuuki Y. Watanabe et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Patterns in composition, abundance and scarring of whale sharks Rhincodon typus near Holbox Island, Mexico

(2012) D. Ramírez-Macías et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Biology, ecology and conservation of the Mobulidae

(2012) L. I. E. Couturier et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus

(2012) M. A. MacNeil et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The development of robust morphometric indices from accurate and precise measurements of free-swimming whale sharks using laser photogrammetry

(2012) G.L. Jeffreys et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Jellyfish Support High Energy Intake of Leatherback Sea Turtles (Dermochelys coriacea): Video Evidence from Animal-Borne Cameras

(2012) Susan G. Heaslip et al.   PLoS One

Energetics of life on the deep seafloor

(2012) C. R. McClain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On the dispersal of leatherback turtle hatchlings from Mesoamerican nesting beaches

(2012) G. L. Shillinger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Whale shark Rhincodon typus populations along the west coast of the Gulf of California and implications for management

(2012) D Ramírez-Macías et al.   Endangered Species Research

The giant squid Architeuthis: An emblematic invertebrate that can represent concern for the conservation of marine biodiversity

(2011) Ángel Guerra et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Does prey size matter? Novel observations of feeding in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) allow a test of predator-prey size relationships

(2011) S. Fossette et al.   Biology Letters

Stable isotope profiles in whale shark (Rhincodon typus) suggest segregation and dissimilarities in the diet depending on sex and size

(2011) Asunción Borrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES

How large is the world's largest fish? Measuring whale sharks Rhincodon typus with laser photogrammetry

(2011) C. A. Rohner et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Paired-laser photogrammetry as a simple and accurate system for measuring the body size of free-ranging manta rays Manta alfredi

(2010) MH Deakos   Aquatic Biology

Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2010) Steven E. McMurray et al.   ECOLOGY

Reproductive ecology of the reef manta ray Manta alfredi in southern Mozambique

(2010) A. D. Marshall et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: a body size perspective

(2010) Jonathan L. Payne et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

The Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus, in winter

(2010) H. W. Parker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON

Analysis of whale shark Rhincodon typus aggregations near South Ari Atoll, Maldives Archipelago

(2009) MJ Riley et al.   Aquatic Biology

Body size-dependent responses of a marine fish assemblage to climate change and fishing over a century-long scale

(2009) MARTIN J. GENNER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Satellite tracking of the World's largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the North East Atlantic

(2009) David W. Sims et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

The plural of ‘anecdote’ can be ‘data’: statistical analysis of viewing distances in reports of unidentified large marine animals 1758–2000

(2009) C. G. M. Paxton   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Aggression and sexual activity of male Southern elephant seals, Mirounga leonina

(2009) T. S. McCann   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Body size and composition of elephant seals (Mirounga leonine): absolute measurements and estimates from bone dimensions

(2009) M. M. Bryden   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Biodiversity and body size are linked across metazoans

(2009) C. R. McClain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Philopatry and migration of Pacific white sharks

(2009) S. J. Jorgensen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Decline in whale shark size and abundance at Ningaloo Reef over the past decade: The world’s largest fish is getting smaller

(2008) Corey J.A. Bradshaw et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Transatlantic migration and deep mid-ocean diving by basking shark

(2008) M. A Gore et al.   Biology Letters

Medusan morphospace: phylogenetic constraints, biomechanical solutions, and ecological consequences

(2008) John H. Costello et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2008) S. E. McMurray et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Ontogenetic vertebral growth patterns in the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus

(2008) LJ Natanson et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Metal and metalloid concentrations in the giant squid Architeuthis dux from Iberian waters

(2008) P. Bustamante et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Regional differences in length at sexual maturity for female blue whales based on recovered Soviet whaling data

(2008) T. A. Branch et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

A Novel Technique for the Reattachment of Large Coral Reef Sponges

(2008) Steven E. McMurray et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

The Laptev Sea walrusOdobenus rosmarus laptevi: an enigma revisited

(2008) Charlotte Lindqvist et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Blooms of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai: a threat to the fisheries sustainability of the East Asian Marginal Seas

(2008) Shin-ichi Uye   Plankton & Benthos Research