Project information
Project aim
Identifying the basic habitat requirements of Antarctic predators is fundamental to understanding how they will respond to the human-induced challenges of commercial fisheries and climate change. This understanding can only be achieved if the underlying linkages to physical processes are related to animal movements. This study will integrate all available data on animal movements in the Australian sector of the Southern Ocean. This is a new approach that, by virtue of identifying regions that are important to multiple species, will provide much better understanding of the regions and processes that require monitoring and management in the future.
Related publications
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Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two
decades of multi-species predator tracking Ecography, 2015
(Ref: 15377)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Foraging strategies of male Adélie penguins during their first incubation trip in relation to environmental conditions. Marine Biology, 2012
(Ref: 14832)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Shearwater foraging in the Southern Ocean: The roles of prey availability and winds PLoS ONE, 2010
(Ref: 14127)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Background: Sooty (Puffinus griseus) and short-tailed (P. tenuirostris) shearwaters are abundant seabirds that range widely across global oceans. Understanding the foraging ecology of these species in the Southern Ocean is important for … monitoring and ecosystem conservation and management.