ME44A:
Advances in the Ecology, Behavior, Physiology, or Conservation of Marine Top Predators IV Posters
Session ID#: 74850
Session Description:
Top predators are a vital part of the marine ecosystem, and as such, their ecology, behavior and physiology can influence important processes such as trophic interactions, carbon flow, and nutrient recycling. Virtually all top predators have a history of over-exploitation or they have special management status because of their sensitivity to marine industrial activities and other human uses (e.g., bycatch, shipping, resource exploration/extraction). Basic research on top predators often focuses on gaps in our understanding of their ecology, but unlike many other branches of biological oceanography, research can also be motivated directly by management and conservation needs. This session will focus on studies of the ecology, behavior, and physiology of marine top predators that either advance our scientific understanding or support the conservation of these important taxa. Because Ocean Sciences provides a unique forum for marine ecologists, marine biologists, and oceanographers to interact, we seek contributions from researchers studying a wide variety of taxa, including fish, squid, reptiles, seabirds, and marine mammals, from anywhere in the worldâs oceans.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Primary Chair: Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-Chair: Daniel M Palacios, Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Newport, OR, United States
Primary Liaison: Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Moderators: Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Daniel M Palacios, Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Newport, OR, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
The effect of pile driving noise on mating behavior in squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) (648862)
Madison Schumm, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, Ian Jones, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States and T. Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States
Large baleen and small toothed whales face greatest energetic consequences from sonar disturbance (647757)
Max Frank Czapanskiy1, Matthew Savoca2, William Gough3, David Cade4, Paolo S Segre5, Jeremy A Goldbogen2 and Danuta M Wisniewska6, (1)Stanford Universtiy, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, (2)Hopkins Marine Station/ Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, (3)Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, (4)Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biology, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, (5)Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, (6)CNRS, Chizé, France
Spatial comparison of bluefin tuna larval growth rates and their nitrogen isotopic signatures (654466)
Estrella Malca1,2, Jose Maria Quintanilla3, Raul Laiz-Carrion3, Amaya Uriarte3, Caroline Johnstone3, Trika Gerard4, John T Lamkin4 and Alberto Garcia3, (1)Nova Southeastern University, Physical Oceanography, Dania Beach, FL, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Instituto Español de Oceanografia, Spain, (4)NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States
Albacore Tuna Diet and Foraging Ecology in the Northern California Current (656402)
Catherine Nickels1, Barbara Muhling2,3, Owyn Snodgrass1,4 and Heidi Dewar1, (1)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Institute of Marine Science, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, (3)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, United States, (4)University of California Santa Cruz, La Jolla, CA, United States
Stable mercury levels and trophic position in three tropical tuna species in the South-West Pacific Ocean over the past 18 years (650362)
Anaïs Médieu1, Aurore Receveur2, David Point3, Olivier Gauthier1, Valérie Allain2, Christophe Menkes4 and Anne Lorrain1, (1)Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, Plouzané, France, (2)SPC, Nouméa, New Caledonia, (3)Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), UMR CNRS / IRD / Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, (4)IRD/LOCEAN, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Untargeted Metabolomic Serum Profiles of Three Captive Shark Species for the Generation of a Semi-Invasive Chondrichthyes Health Metric (654594)
Asha Goodman1, Michael P Doane2, Colton Johnson1, Brij S Soni3, Emma Nicole Kerr1, Shaili Johri1, Maria Mora1, Melissa Torres4, Jennifer Moffatt5, Erica Forsberg3 and Elizabeth A Dinsdale6, (1)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (3)San Diego State University, Chemistry, San Diego, CA, United States, (4)Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, CA, United States, (5)Birch Aquarium, La Jolla, United States, (6)San Diego State University, Ecology, San Diego, CA, United States
Mercury isotopes as tracers of ecology and metabolism in two sympatric shark species (634917)
Gaël LE Croizier, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Toulouse, France, Anne Lorrain, Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, LEMAR, Plouzané, France, Sébastien Jaquemet, Université de la Réunion, France, Gauthier Schaal, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (LEMAR), France, Lucien Besnard, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France, Marina Renedo, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France, Jeroen Sonke, GET, Toulouse, France and David Point, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), UMR CNRS / IRD / Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Studying Lag Among Upwelling Metrics: Using Remotely Sensed Environmental Data to Predict Blue Whale Distribution in the South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand (642996)
Christina Garvey, United States, Leigh Torres, Oregon State University, Fisheries and Wildlife - Marine Mammal Institute, OR, United States and Dawn Barlow, Oregon State University, Fisheries and Wildlife, Corvallis, OR, United States
Stable isotope analysis of juvenile white sharks inside a nursery area reveal foraging in demersal-inshore habitats and trophic overlap with sympatric sharks (644830)
Emiliano Garcia Rodriguez1, Sharon Z Herzka2, Christopher G Lowe3 and Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki1, (1)CICESE, Biological Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (2)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Biological Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)California State University Long Beach, Department of Biological Sciences, Long Beach, CA, United States
Temporal foraging patterns of a top predator in the California Current Ecosystem revealed by stable isotope analysis (657986)
Stephanie E. Nehasil1, Anthony Orr2, Carolyn M. Kurle1, Kerri Danil3 and Cameron Clay4, (1)University of California San Diego, Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)NOAA, The National Marine Mammal Laboratory, United States, (3)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, United States, (4)Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
Intrapopulation Foraging Response of Zalophus californianus to Environmental Stress (637591)
Madison Davis, United States, Anthony Orr, NOAA, The National Marine Mammal Laboratory, United States, Rebecca L Lewison, San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States and Chun-Ta Lai, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
Quantifying, Identifying and Culturing Marine Blowhole Ciliates in Captive Beluga Whales (637709)
Joseph Wojtasik, Quinnipiac University, Wallingford, CT, United States, George B McManus, Univ Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States and Susan Smith, University of Connecticut, United States
Cetacean occurrence near the South Shetland Islands based on long-term passive acoustic monitoring (646935)
Jennifer S Trickey1, Ally Rice2, Alba Solsona Berga2, Anne Bartlett2, Simone Baumann-Pickering2, Ana Sirovic3, John Hildebrand2, Mariana L Melcon4, Vanesa Reyes4 and Miguel Iniguez4, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (2)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, (4)Fundacion Cethus, Argentina
eSDM: A tool for creating and exploring ensembles of predictions from species distribution and abundance models (654461)
Samuel Woodman, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, contracted by Ocean Associates, Inc., La Jolla, United States, Karin Forney, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, Moss Landing, United States, Elizabeth Becker, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Mammal and Turtle Division, La Jolla, United States, Monica DeAngleis, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI, United States, Elliott L. Hazen, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, United States, Daniel M Palacios, Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Newport, OR, United States and Jessica Redfern, NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States
Finding the Lost Years: Using Stable Isotopes to Identify Habitat Use Patterns of Post-Hatchling Hawksbill Turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Eastern Pacific (648491)
Toni Lohroff1, Cali Turner Tomaszewicz2, Michael J Liles3 and Jeffrey A Seminoff2, (1)University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States, (2)NOAA NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)Asociación ProCosta, San Salvador, El Salvador
Finding the lost years of a nearly lost population: Revealing key demographic parameters of eastern Pacific hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) (639824)
Cali Turner Tomaszewicz1, Michael J Liles2,3 and Jeffrey A Seminoff1, (1)NOAA NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Asociación ProCosta, San Salvador, El Salvador, (3)Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative (ICAPO), San Salvador, El Salvador
Early life ecology of the invasive lionfish (Pterois sp.) (657045)
Jason Mostowy1, Estrella Malca2, Leif K Rasmuson3, Trika Gerard4, Lourdes Vasquez-Yeomans5 and John T Lamkin4, (1)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Newport, OR, United States, (4)NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States, (5)El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, QR, Mexico
The Enigmatic Spawning Strategy of Bluefin Tuna (641404)
Øyvind Fiksen, University of Bergen, Department of Biosciences, Bergen, Norway and Patricia Reglero, Instituto Espan˜ol de Oceanografı´a, Centre Oceanogra`fic de les Balears, Moll de Ponent s/n, 07015 Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Spain
Feeding ecology and nitrogen sources of developing Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae in the Gulf of Mexico (657509)
Rasmus Swalethorp1, Estrella Malca2, Aki Shiroza3, Trika Gerard4, John Lamkin4 and Michael R Landry5, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (3)CIMAS-RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (4)NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States, (5)Scripps Inst Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Pelagic Habitat Partitioning of Late-Larval and Juvenile Tunas in the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico (646419)
Nina Pruzinsky, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, United States, Rosanna Milligan, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, United States and Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern University, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Dania Beach, FL, United States
Effects of Sea Star Wasting Disease on Mussel Recruitment (655235)
Emily Chui, California State University Monterey Bay, School of Natural Sciences, Seaside, CA, United States, Fiorenza Micheli, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States and Alison J. Haupt, California State Monterey Bay, Marine Science, Seaside, United States
Early Stages of Eastern Caribbean Cephalopods: Identification, Abundance, and Distribution (649477)
Alanna Mnich, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology, New Bedford, United States, Trika Gerard, NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States and Estrella Malca, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Discovering what Shark Species Inhabit the Waters of Puerto Rico. (656806)
Dalyan Lopez-Morales, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Biology, San Juan, PR, United States, Raimundo Espinoza, Conservacion ConCiencia, PR, United States, Robert Hueter, Mote Marine Laboratory, United States and Alberto M Sabat, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, United States
The Biomechanics of Climbing in Grapsid Crabs (657114)
El Nyazia Sajdah-Bey, University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Jennifer RA Taylor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, United States
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Tracks in Southern California (656904)
Eric Snyder1, Ryan Parkes1, Sean M. Wiggins1, Simone Baumann-Pickering2, Kaitlin E Frasier1 and John Hildebrand1, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
Demographic Seasonality of Sperm Whale Presence in the Central Gulf of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands (641960)
Natalie Posdaljian1, Alba Solsona Berga2,3, Kaitlin E Frasier1, Caroline Soderstjerna1, John Hildebrand1 and Simone Baumann-Pickering4, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (3)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
Facilitating the conservation and management of Hawaiian odontocetes using an echolocation click type ‘library’ (652542)
Morgan Ziegenhorn1, Kaitlin E Frasier1, Erin Oleson2, Jennifer L McCullough2 and Simone Baumann-Pickering3, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)NOAA, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States
Approaches for Identification of Delphinid Species in Passive Acoustic Data for Population Management Applications (648253)
Rebecca Cohen1, Kaitlin E Frasier2 and John Hildebrand2, (1)University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
