Sea-Surface Slicks and Their Effect on the Concentration of Plastics and Zooplankton in the Coastal Waters of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) by Camila Gallardo, Camila Gallardo, Camila Gallardo, Nicolas C. Ory, Nicolas C. Ory, Nicolas C. Ory, María de los Ángeles Gallardo, María de los Ángeles Gallardo, Marcel Ramos, Marcel Ramos, Marcel Ramos, Luis Bravo, Luis Bravo, Martin Thiel, Martin Thiel, Martin Thiel

“…These results suggest that surface slicks are areas of aggregation for both passive particles and active organisms, thus playing an important ecological role in food retention and particle concentration where the risk of plastic ingestion by fish and seabirds is enhanced.…”
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Case Report of Puffinosis in a Manx Shearwater (<i>Puffinus puffinus</i>) Suggesting Environmental Aetiology by Niamh P. G. Esmonde, Robert E. B. Hanna, Jignasha G. Patel, Victoria J. Smyth, Paul Caplat, Wesley Smyth, Paris Jaggers, Oliver Padget, Tim Guilford, Chris Perrins, Neil Reid

“…Puffinosis is a disease of a range of seabirds characterised by dorsal and ventral blistering of their webbed feet, conjunctivitis, dry necrosis, leg spasticity, head shaking, loss of balance, tremors, and death. …”
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A synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management by Maya Carina Pfaff, Renae C. Logston, Serge J. P. N. Raemaekers, Juliet C. Hermes, Laura K. Blamey, Hayley C. Cawthra, Darryl R. Colenbrander, Robert J. M. Crawford, Elizabeth Day, Nicole du Plessis, Simon H. Elwen, Sarah E. Fawcett, Mark R. Jury, Natasha Karenyi, Sven E. Kerwath, Alison A. Kock, Marjolaine Krug, Stephen J. Lamberth, Aaniyah Omardien, Grant C. Pitcher, Christo Rautenbach, Tamara B. Robinson, Mathieu Rouault, Peter G. Ryan, Frank A. Shillington, Merle Sowman, Conrad C. Sparks, Jane K. Turpie, Lara van Niekerk, Howard N. Waldron, Eleanor M. Yeld, Stephen P. Kirkman

“…Subsequently the distributions of key components of the marine ecosystem have shifted eastward, including kelp, rock lobsters, seabirds, pelagic fish, and several alien invasive species. …”
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Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate by Sophie Bestley, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Susan Bengtson Nash, Cassandra M. Brooks, Cédric Cotté, Meagan Dewar, Meagan Dewar, Ari S. Friedlaender, Jennifer A. Jackson, Sara Labrousse, Andrew D. Lowther, Clive R. McMahon, Clive R. McMahon, Richard A. Phillips, Pierre Pistorius, Peter S. Puskic, Peter S. Puskic, Ana Olivia de A. Reis, Ryan R. Reisinger, Mercedes Santos, Esther Tarszisz, Paul Tixier, Philip N. Trathan, Mia Wege, Mia Wege, Barbara Wienecke

“…The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals (cetaceans and pinnipeds) – referred to here as top predators – is one of the most iconic components of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean. …”
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Developing UAV Monitoring of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands’ Iconic Land-Based Marine Predators by John Dickens, Philip R. Hollyman, Tom Hart, Gemma V. Clucas, Eugene J. Murphy, Sally Poncet, Philip N. Trathan, Martin A. Collins

“…The sub-Antarctic islands of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are home to globally significant populations of seabirds and marine mammals. South Georgia hosts the largest breeding populations of Antarctic fur seals, southern elephant seals and king penguins as well as significant populations of wandering, black-browed and grey-headed albatross. …”
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Antarctic Krill Biomass and Flux Measured Using Wideband Echosounders and Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers on Submerged Moorings by George R. Cutter, Christian S. Reiss, Sven Nylund, George M. Watters

“…Our results demonstrate the utility of integrated echosounder-ADCP systems for quantifying krill flux in an important foraging area used by krill-dependent predators (seabirds and marine mammals) that breed nearby and highlight the scales of variability in a key prey resource required by these predators.…”
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Spatial and individual factors mediate the tissue burden of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adult and chick brown pelicans in the northern Gulf of Mexico by Patrick G. R. Jodice, Juliet S. Lamb, Yvan G. Satgé, Christopher Perkins

“…The region also supports a diverse array of breeding and migratory seabirds that are exposed to these pollutants during foraging and other activities. …”
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Automatic identification of differences in behavioral co-occurrence between groups by Yiming Tian, Takuya Maekawa, Joseph Korpela, Daichi Amagata, Takahiro Hara, Sakiko Matsumoto, Ken Yoda

“…For example, we found that the behavioral mode of high-speed locomotion and that of multiple dives into the sea were highly correlated in male seabirds. In addition, compared to the naive method, the proposed method reduced the computation costs by about 99.9%. …”
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Strong Seasonality in Arctic Estuarine Microbial Food Webs by Colleen T. E. Kellogg, James W. McClelland, Kenneth H. Dunton, Byron C. Crump

“…Lagoons border more than half of the Beaufort Sea coast and provide important habitats for migratory fish and seabirds; yet, little is known about the planktonic food webs supporting these higher trophic levels. …”
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Questioning the proverb ‘more haste, less speed’: classic versus metabarcoding approaches for the diet study of a remote island endemic gecko by Vanessa Gil, Catarina J. Pinho, Carlos A.S. Aguiar, Carolina Jardim, Rui Rebelo, Raquel Vasconcelos

“…These results opened up new questions on the ecological role of the Selvagens gecko that deserves to be further explored, such as the possible predation on seabirds, plant services or trophic competition with the sympatric Madeira lizard Teira dugesii. …”
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Birds of a Feather Eat Plastic Together: High Levels of Plastic Ingestion in Great Shearwater Adults and Juveniles Across Their Annual Migratory Cycle by Anna R. Robuck, Christine A. Hudak, Lindsay Agvent, Gwenyth Emery, Peter G. Ryan, Vonica Perold, Kevin D. Powers, Johanna Pedersen, Michael A. Thompson, Justin J. Suca, Michael J. Moore, Craig A. Harms, Leandro Bugoni, Gina Shield, Trevor Glass, David N. Wiley, Rainer Lohmann

“…Limited work to date has examined plastic ingestion in highly migratory seabirds like Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) across their entire migratory range. …”
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Global Connectivity of Southern Ocean Ecosystems by Eugene J. Murphy, Nadine M. Johnston, Eileen E. Hofmann, Richard A. Phillips, Jennifer A. Jackson, Andrew J. Constable, Andrew J. Constable, Sian F. Henley, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Rowan Trebilco, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Geraint A. Tarling, Ryan A. Saunders, David K. A. Barnes, Daniel P. Costa, Stuart P. Corney, Stuart P. Corney, Ceridwen I. Fraser, Juan Höfer, Juan Höfer, Kevin A. Hughes, Chester J. Sands, Sally E. Thorpe, Philip N. Trathan, José C. Xavier, José C. Xavier

“…Rather than Southern Ocean ecosystems being defined by barriers at particular oceanic fronts, ecological changes are gradual due to cross-front exchanges involving oceanographic processes and organism movement. Millions of seabirds and hundreds of thousands of cetaceans move north out of polar waters in the austral autumn interacting in food webs across the Southern Hemisphere, and a few species cross the equator. …”
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The foraging behavior of nonbreeding Adélie penguins in the western Antarctic Peninsula during the breeding season by W. Chris Oosthuizen, Pierre A. Pistorius, Malgorzata Korczak‐Abshire, Jefferson T. Hinke, Mercedes Santos, Andrew D. Lowther

“…Abstract Information on marine predator at‐sea distributions is key to understanding ecosystem and community dynamics and an important component of spatial management frameworks that aim to identify regions important for conservation. Tracking data from seabirds are widely used to define priority areas for conservation, but such data are often restricted to the breeding population. …”
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Differences in tail feather growth rate in storm-petrels breeding in the Northern and Southern hemisphere: a ptilochronological approach by Anne N.M.A. Ausems, Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Dariusz Jakubas

“…Our study shows how different moult-breeding strategies may affect relative nutritional condition or energy allocation during moult of migratory pelagic seabirds.…”
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Nuevos resultados arqueológicos en Cabo Vírgenes (Santa Cruz, Argentina): el sitio Cabo Vírgenes 20 New archaeological results in Cabo Vírgenes (Santa Cruz, Argentina): Cabo Vírgen... by JUAN BAUTISTA BELARDI, FLAVIA CARBALLO MARINA, GABRIELA LORENA L&amp;#8217;HEUREUX

“…Analysis of the bone assemblage shows emphasis on exploitation of seabirds (Phalacrocorax sp.; Aptenodytes patagonica), in addition to an important presence of South American sea lions (Arctocephalus australis y Otaria favescens) and carnivores (Pseudalopex culpaeus) with indications of anthropic use. …”
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Mammal-exclusion fencing improves the nesting success of an endangered native Hawaiian waterbird by Dain L. Christensen, Kristen C. Harmon, Nathaniel H. Wehr, Melissa R. Price

“…Mammal-exclusion fencing has a substantial up-front cost, but due to cost savings over the lifetime of the structure and the complete exclusion of mammalian predators, this option is increasingly being utilized to protect threatened species such as ground-nesting seabirds. However, non-mammalian predators are not excluded by these fences and may continue to impact nesting success, particularly in cases where the fence is designed for the protection of waterbirds, open to an estuary or wetland on one side. …”
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Trends in Benthic Macrofaunal Populations, Seasonal Sea Ice Persistence, and Bottom Water Temperatures in the Bering Strait Region by Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Karen E. Frey, Lee W. Cooper, Monica Kedra

“…The benthic marine ecosystem is dominated by macroinvertebrates (e.g., clams, polychaetes, and amphipods) that in turn serve as food resources for diving mammals and seabirds, thus allowing for changes to cascade strongly through the food web from prey to predator. …”
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Epidemiology and Ecology of Influenza A Viruses among Wildlife in the Arctic by Jonathon D. Gass, Hunter K. Kellogg, Nichola J. Hill, Wendy B. Puryear, Felicia B. Nutter, Jonathan A. Runstadler

“…IAVs have been detected in multiple wildlife species in all Arctic regions, including seabirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, seals, sea lions, whales, and terrestrial mammals, and in the environment. …”
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Exploring deep learning techniques for wild animal behaviour classification using animal‐borne accelerometers by Ryoma Otsuka, Naoya Yoshimura, Kei Tanigaki, Shiho Koyama, Yuichi Mizutani, Ken Yoda, Takuya Maekawa

“…To overcome these challenges, we explored the effectiveness of techniques for efficient model training: data augmentation, manifold mixup and pre‐training of deep learning models with unlabelled data, using datasets from two species of wild seabirds and state‐of‐the‐art deep learning model architectures. …”
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Underwater Visual Records of Marine Megafauna Around Offshore Anthropogenic Structures by Victoria L. G. Todd, Victoria L. G. Todd, Laura Lazar, Laura D. Williamson, Laura D. Williamson, Ingrid T. Peters, Aimee L. Hoover, Sophie E. Cox, Ian. B. Todd, Peter I. Macreadie, Dianne L. McLean

“…As part of the decommissioning process, studies on potential importance of subsea infrastructure to marine megafauna (defined as: cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, large fish – such as sharks, rays, billfishes, and tuna, as well as marine reptiles, and seabirds) are lacking. Dedicated scientific Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) surveys around offshore installations are rare, but there is a wealth of archived industrial data and noteworthy species sightings posted publicly on various social media platforms. …”
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