Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

Graeme C. Hays, Luciana C. Ferreira, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Mark G. Meekan, Carlos M. Duarte, Helen Bailey, Fred Bailleul, W. Don Bowen, M. Julian Caley, Daniel P. Costa, Victor M. Eguíluz, Sabrina Fossette, Ari S. Friedlaender, Nick Gales, Adrian C. Gleiss, John Gunn, Rob Harcourt, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael R. Heithaus, Michelle HeupelKim Holland, Markus Horning, Ian Jonsen, Gerald L. Kooyman, Christopher G. Lowe, Peter T. Madsen, Helene Marsh, Richard A. Phillips, David Righton, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Katsufumi Sato, Scott A. Shaffer, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, David W. Sims, Gregory Skomal, Akinori Takahashi, Philip N. Trathan, Martin Wikelski, Jamie N. Womble, Michele Thums

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)463-475
Number of pages13
JournalTrends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume31
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
G.C.H. conceived the study at a workshop organized by M.T., A.M.M.S., M.M., V.M.E., and C.M.D. G.C.H. assembled the questions with help from L.C.F., M.T., A.M.M.S., and M.M. All authors submitted questions and voted on the assembled questions. G.C.H. wrote the manuscript with W.D.B., Y.R.C., E.L.H., M.M., A.M.M.S., D.W.S., A.T., L.C.F., M.T., P.N.T., and P.T.M. All authors commented on drafts. Workshop funding was granted to M.T., A.M.M.S., and C.M.D. by the UWA Oceans Institute, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Office of Sponsored Research at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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