Scottish Oceans Institute
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Quantifying costs and rewards in optimal foraging models of the marine environment. Using bulk feeding mysticete whales as an example
(University of St Andrews, 2021-06-30) - ThesisAnimals feed to maintain body condition and maximise fitness. Feeding is a multi-stage behaviour that encapsulates aspects of an animals' sensory and foraging ecology, and that can be divided into the following broad ... -
Unravelling the complex reproductive tactics of male humpback whales : an integrative analysis of paternity, age, testosterone, and genetic diversity
(2024-06-12) - ThesisHow the underlying forces of sexual selection impact reproductive tactics including elaborate acoustic displays in cetaceans remains poorly understood. Here, I combined 26 years (1995-2020) of photo-identification, ... -
Sounds beneath the surface : a multiple-approach study of bottlenose dolphin acoustic communication
(2023-11-28) - ThesisBottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) live in complex individualized societies that combine stable social units with fluid groups, and they largely rely on sound to interact with one another. This thesis applies a suite ... -
Humpback whales in Brazil : distribution, abundance and human impacts
(University of St Andrews, 2019-12-03) - ThesisThe humpback whale population breeding in Brazilian waters has greatly increased, after near extinction due to whaling in the twentieth century. Today, these animals are under pressure from human activities in the area. ... -
Not just fat : investigating novel physiological state biomarkers in cetacean blubber
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-26) - ThesisDespite its importance as a predictor of fitness, no consensus has been reached about how to assess the nutritive body condition of free-ranging cetaceans. Standard indices of condition used in terrestrial ecology were ...
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