A5035283911- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Marine and fisheries research
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Insects and Parasite Interactions
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
University of Auckland
2013-2025
Purdue University West Lafayette
2025
Université de Moncton
2024
Natural History Museum
2024
Harvard University Press
2024
Migration Institute of Australia
2022-2024
Queen's University Belfast
2019-2023
Catalyst
2023
University of St Andrews
2015-2022
STMicroelectronics (France)
2022
Understanding the rich social lives of animals benefits international conservation efforts
A key goal of conservation is to protect biodiversity by supporting the long-term persistence viable, natural populations wild species. Conservation practice has long been guided genetic, ecological and demographic indicators risk. Emerging evidence animal culture across diverse taxa its role as a driver evolutionary diversification, population structure processes may be essential for augmenting these conventional approaches decision-making. Animal was focus ground-breaking resolution under...
Humpback whale song is a culturally transmitted behavior. Human language, which also transmitted, has statistically coherent parts whose frequency distribution follows power law. These properties facilitate learning and may therefore arise because of their contribution to the faithful transmission language over multiple cultural generations. If so, we would expect find them in other systems. In this study, applied methods based on infant speech segmentation 8 years humpback recordings,...
Social learning and animal culture can influence conservation outcomes in significant ways. Culture is a dynamic phenomenon; socially learned behaviours be transmitted within and/or between generations among populations, which facilitate resilience, or other circumstances generate vulnerability. driver of evolutionary diversification, population structure demography, shaping sociality influencing underlying biological processes such as reproduction survival, affecting fitness. This theme...
Abstract The decreasing cost and increasing scope power of emerging genomic technologies are reshaping the field molecular ecology. However, many modern approaches (e.g., RAD ‐seq) require large amounts high‐quality template DNA . This poses a problem for an active branch conservation biology: genetic monitoring using minimally invasive sampling ( MIS ) methods. Without handling or even observing animal, methods collection hair, skin, faeces) can provide information on individuals...
The deep sea has been described as the last major ecological frontier, much of its biodiversity is yet to be discovered and described. Beaked whales (ziphiids) are among most visible inhabitants sea, due their large size worldwide distribution, taxonomic diversity about natural history remain poorly understood. We combine genomic morphometric analyses reveal a new Southern Hemisphere ziphiid species, Ramari's beaked whale, Mesoplodon eueu , whose name linked Indigenous peoples lands from...
Abstract Fidelity to migratory destinations is an important driver of connectivity in marine and avian species. Here we assess the role maternally directed learning habitats, or culture, on population structure endangered Australian New Zealand southern right whale. Using DNA profiles, comprising mitochondrial (mtDNA) haplotypes (500 bp), microsatellite genotypes (17 loci) sex from 128 individually-identified whales, find significant differentiation among winter calving grounds based both...
Abstract To understand the ecosystem dynamics that underpin year-round presence of a large generalist consumer, Bryde’s whale ( Balaenoptera edeni brydei ), we use DNA metabarcoding approach and systematic zooplankton surveys to investigate seasonal regional changes in communities if diet reflects such changes. Twenty-four community samples were collected from three regions throughout Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, over two temperature regimes (warm cool seasons), as well 20 opportunistically...
Variation in reproductive success is a fundamental prerequisite for sexual selection to act upon trait. Assessing such variation crucial understanding species’ mating system and offers insights into population growth. Parentage analyses cetaceans are rare, the underlying forces of acting on their behaviours remain poorly understood. Here, we combined 25 years photo-identification genetic data assess patterns male autonomy New Caledonian (Oceania, South Pacific) humpback whale breeding...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook (Twitter) RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 432:257-268 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09145 Population structure and individual movement of southern right whales around New Zealand Australia E. Carroll1,*, N. Patenaude2, A. Alexander1,3, D. Steel3, R. Harcourt4, S. Childerhouse5, Smith6, J. Bannister7, Constantine1, C. Scott Baker1,3...
Abstract Historically, the range of southern right whale ( SRW ) included winter calving grounds around North and South Islands (mainland) New Zealand NZ in subantarctic Auckland Campbell Islands. Due to extensive whaling 19th 20th centuries, no was seen mainland for nearly four decades (1928–1963). Here we present evidence regular use wintering ground, presumably from a remnant population that persisted s have been sighted every year since 1988, with 125 sightings during focus this work:...
Until the 1990s, beaked whales were one of least understood groups large mammals. Information on northern bottlenose (Hyperoodon ampullatus) and Baird’s (Berardius bairdii) was available from data collected during whaling, however, little information existed smaller species other than occasional gleaned beach-cast animals. Recent research advances have been plentiful. Increasing global survey effort, together with morphometric genetic analyses shown at 22 in this group. Longitudinal field...
Accurate estimation of historical abundance provides an essential baseline for judging the recovery great whales. This is particularly challenging whales hunted prior to twentieth century modern whaling, as population-level catch records are often incomplete. Assessments whale using pre-modern exploitation indices therefore rare, despite intensive, global nature nineteenth whaling. Right ( Eubalaena spp.) were exploited: slow swimmers with strong fidelity sheltered calving bays, species made...
All three extant right whales (Eubalaena australis (Southern; SRW), glacialis (North Atlantic; NARW), and japonica Pacific; NPRW)) were heavily exploited, the status of two northern hemisphere species remains precarious. Limited gains made by NARW have been reversed urgent changes to management approaches are needed avert extinction. By contrast, some SRW populations recovering. Given their close phylogenetic relationship, morphological, demographic, ecological similarities, contrasting...
Our understanding of the genetic connectivity manta ray populations and drivers that shape population structure is still limited. This information crucial to identify spatial boundaries discrete guide decisions on units conserve. In this study, we used genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) assess diversity reef rays Mobula alfredi at a local scale within New Caledonia regionally in western Pacific Ocean. We provide first evidence fine-scale differentiation M. , found between 3...
Abstract Reconstructing the history of exploited populations whales requires fitting a trajectory through at least three points in time: (i) prior to exploitation, when abundance is assumed be maximum allowed by environmental carrying capacity; (ii) point minimum or ‘bottleneck’, usually near time protection abandonment hunt; and (iii) present, protected are have undergone some recovery. As historical unknown, this must extrapolated according population dynamic model using catch records, an...
Superpopulation capture-recapture models are useful for estimating the abundance of long-lived, migratory species because they able to account fluid nature annual residency at destinations. Here we extend superpopulation POPAN model explicitly heterogeneity in capture probability linked reproductive cycles (POPAN-tau). This extension has potential application a range that have temporally variable life stages (e.g., non-annual breeders such as albatrosses and baleen whales) results...
Around 176500 whales were killed in the sub-Antarctic waters off South Georgia (South Atlantic) between 1904 and 1965. In recent decades, have once again become summer visitors, with southern right whale (SRW) most commonly reported species until 2011. Here, we assess distribution, temporal pattern, health status likely prey of SRWs these waters, combining observations from a summertime vessel-based expedition to Georgia, stable isotope data collected putative sightings reports collated by...
Abstract Researchers can investigate many aspects of animal ecology through noninvasive photo–identification. Photo–identification is becoming more efficient as matching individuals between photos increasingly automated. However, the convolutional neural network models that have facilitated this change need training images to generalize well. As a result, they often been developed for individual species meet threshold. These single‐species methods might underperform, ignore potential...
Abstract The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is a highly polymorphic gene family that crucial in immunity, and its diversity can be effectively used as fitness marker for populations. Despite this, MHC remains poorly characterised non‐model species (e.g., cetaceans: whales, dolphins porpoises) high copy number variation, especially the fast‐evolving class I region, makes analyses of genomic sequences difficult. To date, only small sections IIa genes have been to assess functional...