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The extinct marine megafauna of the Phanerozoic [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Extinction
The modern marine megafauna is known to play important ecological roles and includes many charismatic species that have drawn the attention of both the scientific community and the public.
Catalina Pimiento, Kristína Kocáková, Gregor H. Mathes, Thodoris Argyriou, Edwin-Alberto Cadena, Jack A. Cooper, Dirley Cortés, Daniel J. Field, Christian Klug, Torsten M. Scheyer, Ana M. Valenzuela-Toro, Timon Buess, Meike Günter, Amanda M. Gardiner, Pascale Hatt, Geraldine Holdener, Giulia Jacober, Sabrina Kobelt, Sheldon Masseraz, Ian Mehli, Sarah Reiff, Eva Rigendinger, Mimo Ruckstuhl, Santana Schneider, Clarissa Seige, Nathalie Senn, Valeria Staccoli, Jessica Baumann, Livio Flüeler, Lino J. Guevara, Esin Ickin, Kimberley C. Kissling, Janis Rogenmoser, Dominik Spitznagel, Jaime A. Villafaña, Chiara Zanatta   +35 more
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Tere Tohorā, Karanga Tāngata: Weaving Māori Knowledge With Conventional Science to Characterise a Biodiversity Hotspot for Marine Megafauna in an Area Facing Multiple Anthropogenic Impacts [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Marine megafauna are important components of marine ecosystems and are of major significance to Indigenous communities, including Māori. Despite being recognised as a biodiversity hotspot for megafauna, most locations in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) do not ...
Tom Brough, Hollie Kereopa, Taryn Shirkey, Jochen Zaeschmar, Eva Leunissen, Dave Milner, Juliane Chetham   +6 more
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Understanding the distribution of marine megafauna in the English channel region: identifying key habitats for conservation within the busiest seaway on earth. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The temperate waters of the North-Eastern Atlantic have a long history of maritime resource richness and, as a result, the European Union is endeavouring to maintain regional productivity and biodiversity. At the intersection of these aims lies potential
Catherine M McClellan, Tom Brereton, Florence Dell'Amico, David G Johns, Anna-C Cucknell, Samantha C Patrick, Rod Penrose, Vincent Ridoux, Jean-Luc Solandt, Eric Stephan, Stephen C Votier, Ruth Williams, Brendan J Godley   +12 more
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Evidence of Echeneidae Cloacal and Gill Diving Behavior in Manta Ray Hosts [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Symbioses between remoras (Family Echeneidae) and marine megafauna are well‐documented across diverse lineages. However, despite recent advancements in understanding the intricacies of these interactions, the dynamics of these relationships remain poorly
Emily A. Yeager, Jessica Pate, Guy M. W. Stevens, Bryant Turffs, Catherine Macdonald   +4 more
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The Status of Marine Megafauna Research in Macaronesia: A Systematic Review

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Marine megafauna serve valuable ecological and economical roles globally, yet, many species have experienced precipitous population declines. The significance of marine megafauna is particularly evident in Macaronesia, a complex of oceanic archipelagos ...
Ashlie J. McIvor, Ashlie J. McIvor, Collin T. Williams, Filipe Alves, Filipe Alves, Ana Dinis, Ana Dinis, Miguel P. Pais, Miguel P. Pais, João Canning-Clode, João Canning-Clode   +10 more
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Spotting the “small eyes”: using photo-ID methodology to study a wild population of smalleye stingrays (Megatrygon microps) in southern Mozambique [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The smalleye stingray (Megatrygon microps) is a large and rare dasyatid ray, patchily distributed across the Indo-West Pacific. Free-swimming individuals have regularly been recorded in Southern Mozambican coastal waters utilizing different ...
Atlantine Boggio-Pasqua, Anna L. Flam, Andrea D. Marshall   +2 more
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Using Drones to Assess Volitional Swimming Kinematics of Manta Ray Behaviors in the Wild

Drones, 2022
Drones have become increasingly popular tools to study marine megafauna but are underutilized in batoid research. We used drones to collect video data of manta ray (Mobula cf.
Vicky Fong, Sarah L. Hoffmann, Jessica H. Pate   +2 more
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Residency, movement patterns, behavior and demographics of reef manta rays in Komodo National Park [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Background The reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) is a globally threatened species and an iconic tourist attraction for visitors to Indonesia’s Komodo National Park (NP). In 2013, manta ray fishing was banned in Komodo NP and its surroundings, preceding the
Elitza S. Germanov, Simon J. Pierce, Andrea D. Marshall, I. Gede Hendrawan, Ande Kefi, Lars Bejder, Neil Loneragan   +6 more
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The Azores: A Mid-Atlantic Hotspot for Marine Megafauna Research and Conservation

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
The increasing public perception that marine megafauna is under threat is an outstanding incentive to investigate their essential habitats (EMH), their responses to human and climate change pressures, and to better understand their largely unexplained ...
Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Eva Giacomello, Maria C. Magalhães, Helen R. Martins, Telmo Morato, Verónica Neves, Rui Prieto, Rui Prieto, Ricardo S. Santos, Mónica A. Silva, Frédèric Vandeperre, Frédèric Vandeperre   +12 more
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Shaken, not stirred: blue whales show no acoustic response to earthquake events

Royal Society Open Science, 2022
Quantifying how animals respond to disturbance events bears relevance for understanding consequences to population health. We investigate whether blue whales respond acoustically to naturally occurring episodic noise by examining calling before and after
Dawn R. Barlow, Mateo Estrada Jorge, Holger Klinck, Leigh G. Torres   +3 more
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