Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology
G.C Hays
,
L Ferreira
,
A. M. M. Sequeira
(1)
,
M. G. Meekan
,
C. M. Duarte
,
H. Bailey
,
F. Bailleul
,
W. D. Bowen
,
M. J. Caley
(2)
,
D.P. Costa
(3)
,
V. M. Eguíluz
,
S. Fossette
(4)
,
Ari S. Friedlaender
,
N. Gales
,
A. C. Gleiss
,
J. Gunn
,
R. Harcourt
,
E. L. Hazen
,
M. R. Heithaus
,
M. Heupel
,
K. Holland
,
M. Horning
(5)
,
I. Jonsen
,
G. L. Kooyman
,
C. G. Lowe
,
P. T. Madsen
,
H. Marsh
,
R.A. Phillips
,
D. Righton
,
Yan Ropert‐coudert
(6, 7)
,
K. Sato
,
Scott Shaffer
(8)
,
C. A. Simpfendorfer
,
David W Sims
(9, 10, 11)
,
G. Skomal
,
A. Takahashi
,
P. N. Trathan
(12)
,
M. Wikelski
,
J. N. Womble
,
M. Thums
1
The UWA Oceans Institute
2 AIMS - Australian Institute of Marine Science
3 Center for Ocean Health
4 DEPE-IPHC - Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie
5 Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics
6 DEPE-IPHC - Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie
7 CEBC - Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372
8 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
9 Marine Biological Association
10 NOC - National Oceanography Centre [Southampton]
11 University of Southampton
12 BAS - British Antarctic Survey
2 AIMS - Australian Institute of Marine Science
3 Center for Ocean Health
4 DEPE-IPHC - Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie
5 Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics
6 DEPE-IPHC - Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie
7 CEBC - Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372
8 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
9 Marine Biological Association
10 NOC - National Oceanography Centre [Southampton]
11 University of Southampton
12 BAS - British Antarctic Survey
G.C Hays
- Function : Author
L Ferreira
- Function : Author
M. G. Meekan
- Function : Author
C. M. Duarte
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H. Bailey
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F. Bailleul
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W. D. Bowen
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V. M. Eguíluz
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Ari S. Friedlaender
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N. Gales
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A. C. Gleiss
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J. Gunn
- Function : Author
R. Harcourt
- Function : Author
E. L. Hazen
- Function : Author
M. R. Heithaus
- Function : Author
M. Heupel
- Function : Author
K. Holland
- Function : Author
I. Jonsen
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G. L. Kooyman
- Function : Author
C. G. Lowe
- Function : Author
P. T. Madsen
- Function : Author
H. Marsh
- Function : Author
R.A. Phillips
- Function : Author
D. Righton
- Function : Author
Yan Ropert‐coudert
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 738757
- IdHAL : yan-ropert-coudert
- ORCID : 0000-0001-6494-5300
- IdRef : 150175744
K. Sato
- Function : Author
Scott Shaffer
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 764125
- ORCID : 0000-0002-7751-5059
C. A. Simpfendorfer
- Function : Author
G. Skomal
- Function : Author
A. Takahashi
- Function : Author
M. Wikelski
- Function : Author
J. N. Womble
- Function : Author
M. Thums
- Function : Author
Abstract
It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on marine megafauna, which include a broad range of birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish. Research on these taxa has both underpinned many of the recent technical developments and led to fundamental discoveries in the field. We show that the questions have broad applicability to other taxa, including terrestrial animals, flying insects, and swimming invertebrates, and, as such, this exercise provides a useful roadmap for targeted deployments and data syntheses that should advance the field of movement ecology.