Contrasting offspring dependence periods and diving development rates in two closely related marine mammal species by Joffrey Jouma'a, Florian Orgeret, Baptiste Picard, Patrick W. Robinson, Henri Weimerskirch, Christophe Guinet, Daniel P. Costa, Roxanne S. Beltran

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Body condition changes at sea: Onboard calculation and telemetry of body density in diving animals by Taiki Adachi, Philip Lovell, James Turnbull, Mike A. Fedak, Baptiste Picard, Christophe Guinet, Martin Biuw, Theresa R. Keates, Rachel R. Holser, Daniel P. Costa, Daniel E. Crocker, Patrick J. O. Miller

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Large and in charge: cortisol levels vary with sex, diet, and body mass in an Antarctic predator, the leopard seal by Emily S. Sperou, Daniel E. Crocker, Renato Borras-Chavez, Renato Borras-Chavez, Renato Borras-Chavez, Daniel P. Costa, Michael E. Goebel, Michael E. Goebel, Shane B. Kanatous, Douglas J. Krause, Stephen J. Trumble, Sarah S. Kienle

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Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas by Melinda G. Conners, Melinda G. Conners, Nicholas B. Sisson, Pierre D. Agamboue, Philip W. Atkinson, Alastair M. M. Baylis, Alastair M. M. Baylis, Scott R. Benson, Scott R. Benson, Barbara A. Block, Steven J. Bograd, Pablo Bordino, W. D. Bowen, W. D. Bowen, Paul Brickle, Paul Brickle, Ignacio M. Bruno, Victoria González Carman, Victoria González Carman, Cory D. Champagne, Daniel E. Crocker, Daniel P. Costa, Tiffany M. Dawson, Tiffany M. Dawson, Tomohiro Deguchi, Heidi Dewar, Philip D. Doherty, Tomo Eguchi, Angela Formia, Angela Formia, Brendan J. Godley, Rachel T. Graham, Christian Gredzens, Kristen M. Hart, Lucy A. Hawkes, Suzanne Henderson, Robert William Henry, Luis A. Hückstädt, Luis A. Hückstädt, Ladd M. Irvine, Sarah S. Kienle, Carey E. Kuhn, Damian Lidgard, Stephanie A. Loredo, Bruce R. Mate, Kristian Metcalfe, Jacob Nzegoue, Carmen K. Kouerey Oliwina, Rachael A. Orben, Kiyoaki Ozaki, Richard Parnell, Elizabeth P. Pike, Patrick W. Robinson, Howard C. Rosenbaum, Fumio Sato, Scott A. Shaffer, Donna J. Shaver, Samantha E. Simmons, Samantha E. Simmons, Brian J. Smith, Guy-Philippe Sounguet, Guy-Philippe Sounguet, Robert M. Suryan, David R. Thompson, Megan Tierney, Megan Tierney, Dominic Tilley, Hillary S. Young, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Michael J. Weise, Randall S. Wells, Bradley P. Wilkinson, Matthew J. Witt, Sara M. Maxwell, Sara M. Maxwell

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Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable by Heather Welch, Matthew S. Savoca, Stephanie Brodie, Michael G. Jacox, Barbara A. Muhling, Thomas A. Clay, Megan A. Cimino, Scott R. Benson, Barbara A. Block, Melinda G. Conners, Daniel P. Costa, Fredrick D. Jordan, Andrew W. Leising, Chloe S. Mikles, Daniel M. Palacios, Scott A. Shaffer, Lesley H. Thorne, Jordan T. Watson, Rachel R. Holser, Lynn Dewitt, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen

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Seasonal habitat preference and foraging behaviour of post-moult Weddell seals in the western Ross Sea by Kimberly T. Goetz, Michael S. Dinniman, Luis A. Hückstädt, Patrick W. Robinson, Michelle R. Shero, Jennifer M. Burns, Eileen E. Hofmann, Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Elliott L. Hazen, David G. Ainley, Daniel P. Costa

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Plasticity in the morphometrics and movements of an Antarctic apex predator, the leopard seal by Sarah S. Kienle, Michael E. Goebel, Michael E. Goebel, Erin LaBrecque, Renato Borras-Chavez, Renato Borras-Chavez, Stephen J. Trumble, Shane B. Kanatous, Daniel E. Crocker, Daniel P. Costa

“…As females were 50% larger than their male counterparts, leopard seals are therefore one of the most extreme examples of female-biased sexual size dimorphism in marine mammals. Female leopard seals also spent more time hauled-out on land and ice than males. …”
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Divergent post-breeding spatial habitat use of Laysan and black-footed albatross by Fredrick Dallas Jordan, Scott A. Shaffer, Melinda G. Conners, Julia E. F. Stepanuk, Morgan E. Gilmour, Corey A. Clatterbuck, Elliott L. Hazen, Daniel M. Palacios, Yann Tremblay, Michelle Antolos, David G. Foley, Steven J. Bograd, Daniel P. Costa, Lesley H. Thorne

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