Frontiers in Marine Science | Marine Megafauna

Original Research

Published on 30 Aug 2024

How low can you go? Exploring impact of drones on haul out behaviour of harbour - and grey seals

in Marine Megafauna

Emilie Nicoline Stepien
Jibran Khan
Anders Galatius
Jonas Teilmann

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1411292

2,344 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 09 Aug 2024

Unsupervised identification of Greater Caribbean manatees using Scattering Wavelet Transform and Hierarchical Density Clustering from underwater bioacoustics recordings

in Marine Megafauna

Fernando Merchan
Kenji Contreras
Héctor Poveda
Hector M. Guzman
Javier E. Sanchez-Galan

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1416247

1,592 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Aug 2024

Temporal patterns in dolphin foraging activity in the Mediterranean Sea: insights from vocalisations recorded during the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative

in Marine Megafauna

Morgane Sol
Camille Ollier
Oliver Boisseau
Vincent Ridoux
Auriane Virgili

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1378524

2,502 views
3 citations

Review

Published on 19 Jul 2024

Cetaceans of north-western continental Africa (Morocco to Liberia): diversity and distribution

in Marine Megafauna

Ana M. Correia
Marieta Mihova
Ágatha Gil
Cláudia Oliveira-Rodrigues
Luís Afonso
Raul Valente
Massimiliano Rosso
Isabel Sousa-Pinto
Graham J. Pierce

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1427334

2,700 views

Original Research

Published on 17 Jul 2024

Abundance, production, and migrations of nesting green turtles at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, a regionally important rookery in the Central South Pacific Ocean

in Marine Megafauna

Shawn K. Murakawa
Alexander R. Gaos
Devin S. Johnson
Brian Peck
Mark MacDonald
Elyse Sachs
Frank Pendleton
Camryn D. Allen
Marylou K. Staman
Shelbie Ishimaru

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1403240

3,792 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 15 Jul 2024

Using passive acoustics to identify a quiet winter foraging refuge for an endangered beluga whale population in Alaska

in Marine Megafauna

Manuel Castellote
Verena A. Gill
Christopher D. Garner
Andrea J Gilstad
Benjamin X. Hou
Arial M. Brewer
Jessica M. Knoth

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1393380

5,029 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jul 2024

A longitudinal behavioral analysis of aquarium whale sharks (Rhincodon typus): insights into anticipatory cues, individual variation, and social interaction

in Marine Megafauna

Connor G. Gallimore
Celeste Walton
Richard Nugent
Maury Fradkin
Laurie Poppell
Christian Schreiber
Christopher Coco
Matthew Grober
Bruce Carlson
Alistair D. M. Dove

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1418002

3,597 views

Original Research

Published on 05 Jul 2024

Genetic characteristics of loggerhead turtles in the coastal corridor of the North West Pacific, around the Cape Muroto, Japan

in Marine Megafauna

Takashi Ishihara
Naoki Kamezaki
Saya Hirai
Yoshimasa Matsuzawa
Tomoko Hamabata
Asuka Ishizaki
Peter H. Dutton

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1303553

1,461 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2024

Temperature-related movement and habitat utilization patterns of Dall’s porpoises, small cetaceans seasonally migrating into the subarctic Pacific

in Marine Megafauna

Yu Kanaji
Hiroko Sasaki
Shun Ikuta
Noriko Azuma
Mari Kobayashi

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1429358

1,191 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Jul 2024

Internal organs and body tissues of free-swimming whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) imaged using underwater ultrasound

in Marine Megafauna

M. G. Meekan
F. Thompson
K. Brooks
R. Matsumoto
K. Murakumo
E. Lester
A. Dove
B. Hopper

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1285429

3,955 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Jul 2024

Behavioral hotspots of bottlenose dolphins in industrialized ship channels

in Marine Megafauna

Eliza M. M. Mills
Sarah Piwetz
Dara N. Orbach

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1334252

2,234 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 26 Jun 2024

Drone-based photogrammetry reveals differences in humpback whale body condition and mass across North Atlantic foraging grounds

in Marine Megafauna

Chelsi Napoli
Nathan Hirtle
Julia Stepanuk
Fredrik Christiansen
Eleanor I. Heywood
Thomas J. Grove
Alyssa Stoller
Flordespina Dodds
Maria Glarou
Marianne H. Rasmussen

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1336455

8,323 views
3 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Jun 2024

Multiple methods of diet assessment reveal differences in Atlantic puffin diet between ages, breeding stages, and years

in Marine Megafauna

William L. Kennerley
Gemma V. Clucas
Donald E. Lyons

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1410805

4,415 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 11 Jun 2024

Density and abundance estimates of cetaceans in the Black Sea through aerial surveys (ASI/CeNoBS)

in Marine Megafauna

Romulus-Marian Paiu
Ana Cañadas
Ayhan Dede
Galina Meshkova
Dumitru Murariu
Ayaka Amaha Ozturk
Dimitar Popov
Arda M. Tonay
Costin Timofte
Natia Kopaliani

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1248950

5,038 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 03 Jun 2024

Estimation of chronological age of Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) based on DNA methylation frequency

in Marine Megafauna

Mizuki Mori
Hikari Maeda
Atsushi Tanabe
Hiroeki Sahara
Reiko Nozaki
Hidehiro Kondo
Gen Nakamura
Naohisa Kanda
Hiroto Murase

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1391674

1,359 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 28 May 2024

Ethnobiological methods enhance our capacity to document potential climate sentinels: a loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) case study

in Marine Megafauna

Michelle María Early-Capistrán
Nicole L. Crane
Larry B. Crowder
Gerardo Garibay-Melo
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
David Johnston

Frontiers in Marine Science

doi 10.3389/fmars.2024.1407575

2,254 views
2 citations