Big data approaches to the spatial ecology and conservation of marine megafauna

Benchmarking bioinformatic tools for fast and accurate eDNA metabarcoding species identification

(2021) Laetitia Mathon et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals and unpacks a biodiversity conservation paradox in Mediterranean marine reserves

(2021) Emilie Boulanger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Toward a global strategy for seabird tracking

(2021) Alice Bernard et al.   Conservation Letters

A standardisation framework for bio‐logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

(2021) Ana M. M. Sequeira et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds

(2021) Manon Clairbaux et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

High accuracy tracking reveals how small conservation areas can protect marine megafauna

(2021) Graeme C. Hays et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Fully Convolutional Neural Network: A solution to infer animal behaviours from multi-sensor data

(2021) Lorène Jeantet et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

(2021) Tammy E. Davies et al.   Conservation Letters

track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data

(2021) Martin Beal et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A novel animal-borne miniature echosounder to observe the distribution and migration patterns of intermediate trophic levels in the Southern Ocean

(2021) Martin Tournier et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

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

(2021) H Strøm et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Animal Borne Ocean Sensors – AniBOS – An Essential Component of the Global Ocean Observing System

(2021) Clive R. McMahon et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

A framework for mapping the distribution of seabirds by integrating tracking, demography and phenology

(2020) Ana P. B. Carneiro et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

(2020) Susanne Kühn et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Rethinking megafauna

(2020) Marcos Moleón et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

(2020) Mark A. Hindell et al.   NATURE

Behavioural inference from signal processing using animal-borne multi-sensor loggers: a novel solution to extend the knowledge of sea turtle ecology

(2020) Lorène Jeantet et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene

(2020) C. Pimiento et al.   Science Advances

Climate Change Will Re-draw the Map for Marine Megafauna and the People Who Depend on Them

(2020) Susan O. Grose et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

How far have we come? A review of MPA network performance indicators in reaching qualitative elements of Aichi Target 11

(2020) Mairi C. Meehan et al.   Conservation Letters

Quantifying effects of tracking data bias on species distribution models

(2020) Malcolm O'Toole et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The Twilight Zone as a Major Foraging Habitat and Mercury Source for the Great White Shark

(2020) Gaël Le Croizier et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Meeting Paris agreement objectives will temper seabird winter distribution shifts in the North Atlantic Ocean

(2020) Manon Clairbaux et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment

(2020) Céline Albert et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

State-switching continuous-time correlated random walks

(2019) Théo Michelot et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

(2019) Graeme C. Hays et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A miniature biomimetic sonar and movement tag to study the biotic environment and predator-prey interactions in aquatic animals

(2019) Pauline Goulet et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

The Role of Vegetated Coastal Wetlands for Marine Megafauna Conservation

(2019) Michael Sievers et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The importance of sample size in marine megafauna tagging studies

(2019) A. M. M. Sequeira et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Estimates for energy expenditure in free‐living animals using acceleration proxies; a reappraisal

(2019) Rory P Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Global spatial risk assessment of sharks under the footprint of fisheries

(2019) Nuno Queiroz et al.   NATURE

Reaching consensus for conserving the global commons: The case of the Ross Sea, Antarctica

(2019) Cassandra M. Brooks et al.   Conservation Letters

Navigating through the r packages for movement

(2019) Rocío Joo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Identifying stationary phases in multivariate time series for highlighting behavioural modes and home range settlements

(2019) Rémi Patin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

The importance of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags for measuring life-history traits of sea turtles

(2019) Lucy C.M. Omeyer et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Situating Ecology as a Big-Data Science: Current Advances, Challenges, and Solutions

(2018) Scott S Farley et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Short-term prey field lability constrains individual specialisation in resource selection and foraging site fidelity in a marine predator

(2018) Nicolas Courbin et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Energetic fitness: Field metabolic rates assessed via 3D accelerometry complement conventional fitness metrics

(2018) David Grémillet et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Fisheries bycatch risk to marine megafauna is intensified in Lagrangian coherent structures

(2018) Kylie L. Scales et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tracking the global footprint of fisheries

(2018) David A. Kroodsma et al.   SCIENCE

Climate-driven range shifts of the king penguin in a fragmented ecosystem

(2018) Robin Cristofari et al.   Nature Climate Change

Energyscapes and prey fields shape a North Atlantic seabird wintering hotspot under climate change

(2018) F. Amélineau et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Testing the transferability of track-based habitat models for sound marine spatial planning

(2018) Clara Péron et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models

(2018) Katherine L. Yates et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Persisting Worldwide Seabird-Fishery Competition Despite Seabird Community Decline

(2018) David Grémillet et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: A Review of the MEOP Consortium

(2017) Anne Treasure et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Small birds, big effects: the little auk (Alle alle) transforms high Arctic ecosystems

(2017) Ivan González-Bergonzoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seasonal acoustic environments of beluga and bowhead whale core-use regions in the Pacific Arctic

(2017) Kathleen M. Stafford et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Classification of Animal Movement Behavior through Residence in Space and Time

(2017) Leigh G. Torres et al.   PLoS One

Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem

(2016) W. James Grecian et al.   Biology Letters

Measurement of flying and diving metabolic rate in wild animals: Review and recommendations

(2016) Kyle H. Elliott   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management

(2016) Johanna Jacomina Heymans et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Decadal shifts in autumn migration timing by Pacific Arctic beluga whales are related to delayed annual sea ice formation

(2016) Donna D. W. Hauser et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ocean-wide tracking of pelagic sharks reveals extent of overlap with longline fishing hotspots

(2016) Nuno Queiroz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modelling spatial distribution of Patagonian toothfish through life-stages and sex and its implications for the fishery on the Kerguelen Plateau

(2016) Clara Péron et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

(2016) Graeme C. Hays et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The use of an unsupervised learning approach for characterizing latent behaviors in accelerometer data

(2016) Marianna Chimienti et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Feathered Detectives: Real-Time GPS Tracking of Scavenging Gulls Pinpoints Illegal Waste Dumping

(2016) Joan Navarro et al.   PLoS One

Flexible preference of southern elephant seals for distinct mesoscale features within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

(2015) Cédric Cotté et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

REVIEW: On the Front Line: frontal zones as priority at-sea conservation areas for mobile marine vertebrates

(2014) Kylie L. Scales et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Irreplaceable area extends marine conservation hotspot off Tunisia: insights from GPS-tracking Scopoli’s shearwaters from the largest seabird colony in the Mediterranean

(2014) David Grémillet et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Love Thy Neighbour: Automatic Animal Behavioural Classification of Acceleration Data Using the K-Nearest Neighbour Algorithm

(2014) Owen R. Bidder et al.   PLoS One

Pan-Atlantic analysis of the overlap of a highly migratory species, the leatherback turtle, with pelagic longline fisheries

(2014) S. Fossette et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Importance of coastal Marine Protected Areas for the conservation of pelagic seabirds: The case of Vulnerable yelkouan shearwaters in the Mediterranean Sea

(2013) Clara Péron et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Space Partitioning Without Territoriality in Gannets

(2013) E. D. Wakefield et al.   SCIENCE

Foraging in the Darkness of the Southern Ocean: Influence of Bioluminescence on a Deep Diving Predator

(2012) Jade Vacquié-Garcia et al.   PLoS One

Comparison of five modelling techniques to predict the spatial distribution and abundance of seabirds

(2011) Steffen Oppel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System

(2011) Nadav Nur et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The Movebank data model for animal tracking

(2011) B. Kranstauber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Cost-efficient sampling of fish assemblages: comparison of baited video stations and diver video transects

(2010) TJ Langlois et al.   Aquatic Biology

Marine no-take zone rapidly benefits endangered penguin

(2010) L. Pichegru et al.   Biology Letters

Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

(2010) Vincent S. Saba et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

BIOMOD - a platform for ensemble forecasting of species distributions

(2009) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the global ocean under climate change

(2009) WILLIAM W. L. CHEUNG et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Classifying movement behaviour in relation to environmental conditions using hidden Markov models

(2009) Toby A. Patterson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Can Ethograms Be Automatically Generated Using Body Acceleration Data from Free-Ranging Birds?

(2009) Kentaro Q. Sakamoto et al.   PLoS One

ANIMAL MOVEMENTS IN HETEROGENEOUS LANDSCAPES: IDENTIFYING PROFITABLE PLACES AND HOMOGENEOUS MOVEMENT BOUTS

(2008) Frédéric Barraquand et al.   ECOLOGY

Spatial match-mismatch in the Benguela upwelling zone: should we expect chlorophyll and sea-surface temperature to predict marine predator distributions?

(2008) David Grémillet et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Paradox of flying to meetings to protect the environment

(2008) David Grémillet   NATURE

Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals

(2008) J.-B. Charrassin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA