Biology & Life Sciences

Marine Megafauna: Marine Habitats and Conservation Biology

Published May 30, 2018 Curated Collections

This section of the Marine Megafauna collection focuses on species/habitat relationships of large marine organisms and provides specific examples of the conservation issues associated with some of the oceans most compelling creatures.

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10.1371/journal.pone.0086132

PLOS ONE Abundance and Survival Rates of the Hawai’i Island Associated Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) Stock
January 22, 2014 Julian Tyne, Kenneth Pollock, David Johnston, Lars Bejder
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019417

PLOS ONE Sometimes Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) Cannot Find Their Way Back to the High Seas: A Multidisciplinary Study on a Mass Stranding
May 18, 2011 Sandro Mazzariol, Giovanni Di Guardo, Antonio Petrella, Letizia Marsili, Cristina Fossi, Claudio Leonzio, Nicola Zizzo, Salvatrice Vizzini, Stefania Gaspari, Gianni Pavan, Michela Podestà, Fulvio Garibaldi, Margherita Ferrante, Chiara Copat, Donato Traversa, Federica Marcer, Sabina Airoldi, Alexandros Frantzis, Yara De Beraldo Quirós, Bruno Cozzi, Antonio Fernández
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10.1371/journal.pone.0077908

PLOS ONE Recovery Trends in Marine Mammal Populations
October 30, 2013 Anna Magera, Joanna Mills Flemming, Kristin Kaschner, Line Christensen, Heike Lotze
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10.1371/journal.pone.0052770

PLOS ONE Declining Abundance of Beaked Whales (Family Ziphiidae) in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
January 16, 2013 Jeff Moore, Jay Barlow
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019653

PLOS ONE Current and Future Patterns of Global Marine Mammal Biodiversity
May 23, 2011 Kristin Kaschner, Derek Tittensor, Jonathan Ready, Tim Gerrodette, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pone.0046170

PLOS ONE When Giants Turn Up: Sighting Trends, Environmental Influences and Habitat Use of the Manta Ray Manta alfredi at a Coral Reef
October 3, 2012 Fabrice Jaine, Lydie Couturier, Scarla Weeks, Kathy Townsend, Mike Bennett, Kym Fiora, Anthony Richardson
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10.1371/journal.pone.0084381

PLOS ONE Straight Line Foraging in Yellow-Eyed Penguins: New Insights into Cascading Fisheries Effects and Orientation Capabilities of Marine Predators
December 18, 2013 Thomas Mattern, Ursula Ellenberg, David Houston, Miles Lamare, Lloyd Davis, Yolanda van Heezik, Philip Seddon
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10.1371/journal.pone.0070405

PLOS ONE The Conservation and Management of Tunas and Their Relatives: Setting Life History Research Priorities
August 8, 2013 Maria Jose Juan Jorda, Iago Mosqueira, Juan Freire, Nicholas Dulvy
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10.1371/journal.pone.0026738

PLOS ONE Competing Conservation Objectives for Predators and Prey: Estimating Killer Whale Prey Requirements for Chinook Salmon
November 9, 2011 Rob Williams, Martin Krkošek, Erin Ashe, Trevor Branch, Steven Clark, Philip Hammond, Erich Hoyt, Dawn Noren, David Rosen, Arliss Winship
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10.1371/journal.pone.0034905

PLOS ONE Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of American Whaling and Whales in the Age of Sail
April 27, 2012 Tim Smith, Randall Reeves, Elizabeth Josephson, Judith Lund
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10.1371/journal.pone.0014738

PLOS ONE First Recorded Loss of an Emperor Penguin Colony in the Recent Period of Antarctic Regional Warming: Implications for Other Colonies
February 28, 2011 Philip N. Trathan, Peter T. Fretwell, Bernard Stonehouse
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10.1371/journal.pone.0024510

PLOS ONE Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles
September 28, 2011 Bryan P. Wallace, Andrew D. DiMatteo, Alan B. Bolten, Milani Y. Chaloupka, Brian J. Hutchinson, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois, Jeanne A. Mortimer, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Diego Amorocho, Karen A. Bjorndal, Jérôme Bourjea, Brian W. Bowen, Raquel Briseño Dueñas, Paolo Casale, B. C. Choudhury, Alice Costa, Peter H. Dutton, Alejandro Fallabrino, Elena M. Finkbeiner, Alexandre Girard, Marc Girondot, Mark Hamann, Brendan J. Hurley, Milagros López-Mendilaharsu, Maria Angela Marcovaldi, John A. Musick, Ronel Nel, Nicolas J. Pilcher, Sebastian Troëng, Blair Witherington, Roderic B. Mast
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019356

PLOS ONE Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks
May 5, 2011 Luis Lucifora, Veronica Garcia, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pone.0013255

PLOS ONE The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin
October 11, 2010 Joe Roman, James J. McCarthy
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10.1371/journal.pone.0013816

PLOS ONE Effects of Hydrographic Variability on the Spatial, Seasonal and Diel Diving Patterns of Southern Elephant Seals in the Eastern Weddell Sea
November 3, 2010 Martin Biuw, Ole Anders Nøst, Audun Stien, Qin Zhou, Christian Lydersen, Kit M. Kovacs
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10.1371/journal.pone.0031768

PLOS ONE Can Thermoclines Be a Cue to Prey Distribution for Marine Top Predators? A Case Study with Little Penguins
April 20, 2012 Laure Pelletier, Akiko Kato, André Chiaradia, Yan Ropert-Coudert
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10.1371/journal.pone.0032374

PLOS ONE Spatial Dynamics and Expanded Vertical Niche of Blue Sharks in Oceanographic Fronts Reveal Habitat Targets for Conservation
February 29, 2012 Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas Humphries, Leslie Noble, António Santos, David Sims
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10.1371/journal.pone.0041194

PLOS ONE Biologging, Remotely-Sensed Oceanography and the Continuous Plankton Recorder Reveal the Environmental Determinants of a Seabird Wintering Hotspot
July 18, 2012 Jérôme Fort, Grégory Beaugrand, David Grémillet, Richard Phillips
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10.1371/journal.pone.0027874

PLOS ONE The Making of a Productivity Hotspot in the Coastal Ocean
November 21, 2011 Dana Wingfield, S. Hoyt Peckham, David Foley, Daniel Palacios, Bertha Lavaniegos, Reginaldo Durazo, Wallace Nichols, Donald Croll, Steven Bograd

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10.1371/journal.pone.0033515

PLOS ONE Comparative Composition, Diversity and Trophic Ecology of Sediment Macrofauna at Vents, Seeps and Organic Falls
April 4, 2012 Angelo Bernardino, Lisa Levin, Andrew Thurber, Craig Smith