Unravelling the mysteries of a mesopelagic diet: a large apex predator specializes on small prey

Foraging Behavior and Success of a Mesopelagic Predator in the Northeast Pacific Ocean: Insights from a Data-Rich Species, the Northern Elephant Seal

(2012) Patrick W. Robinson et al.   PLoS One

In situ measures of foraging success and prey encounter reveal marine habitat-dependent search strategies

(2011) Michele Thums et al.   ECOLOGY

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

(2011) B. A. Block et al.   NATURE

Flow sensing by pinniped whiskers

(2011) L. Miersch et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Following a Foraging Fish-Finder: Diel Habitat Use of Blainville's Beaked Whales Revealed by Echolocation

(2011) Patricia Arranz et al.   PLoS One

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Mesopelagic zone ecology and biogeochemistry – a synthesis

(2010) Carol Robinson et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Measurements of foraging success in a highly pelagic marine predator, the northern elephant seal

(2010) Patrick W. Robinson et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Food and feeding habits of the blue shark Prionace glauca caught off Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, with a review on its feeding

(2010) Unai Markaida et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

The Impact of Whaling on the Ocean Carbon Cycle: Why Bigger Was Better

(2010) Andrew J. Pershing et al.   PLoS One

The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin

(2010) Joe Roman et al.   PLoS One

Iron defecation by sperm whales stimulates carbon export in the Southern Ocean

(2010) T. J. Lavery et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Fine-scale feeding behavior of Weddell seals revealed by a mandible accelerometer

(2010) Yasuhiko Naito et al.   Polar Science

Three-dimensional resting behaviour of northern elephant seals: drifting like a falling leaf

(2009) Y. Mitani et al.   Biology Letters

Deep-diving behaviour of a whale sharkRhincodon typusduring long-distance movement in the western Indian Ocean

(2009) J. M. Brunnschweiler et al.   JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY

Spatio-temporal foraging patterns of a giant zooplanktivore, the leatherback turtle

(2009) Sabrina Fossette et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

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

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

Validation of a device for accurate timing of feeding events in marine animals

(2009) Ippei Suzuki et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

In situ measurement of mesopelagic particle sinking rates and the control of carbon transfer to the ocean interior during the Vertical Flux in the Global Ocean (VERTIGO) voyages in the North Pacific

(2008) T.W. Trull et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Assessment of scale-dependent foraging behaviour in southern elephant seals incorporating the vertical dimension: a development of the First Passage Time method

(2008) Frederic Bailleul et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Cheetahs of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off Tenerife (Canary Islands)

(2008) Natacha Aguilar Soto et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Time to eat: measurements of feeding behaviour in a large marine predator, the northern elephant sealMirounga angustirostris

(2008) Carey E. Kuhn et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Feeding kinematics, suction and hydraulic jetting capabilities in bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus)

(2008) C. D. Marshall et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Stable isotopes reveal the trophic position and mesopelagic fish diet of female southern elephant seals breeding on the Kerguelen Islands

(2008) Y Cherel et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES