Biology & Life Sciences

Marine Megafauna: Social and Behavioral Ecology

Published May 25, 2018 Curated Collections

This section of the Marine Megafauna collection provides examples of studies focused on the social and behavioral ecology of large marine organisms, highlighting how scientists study the complex relationships amongst animals in the ocean.

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Research Articles

Research Articles

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10.1371/journal.pone.0028353

PLOS ONE Following a Foraging Fish-Finder: Diel Habitat Use of Blainville’s Beaked Whales Revealed by Echolocation
December 7, 2011 Patricia Arranz, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Peter Madsen, Alberto Brito, Fernando Bordes, Mark Johnson
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10.1371/journal.pone.0036401

PLOS ONE Movement Patterns for a Critically Endangered Species, the Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Linked to Foraging Success and Population Status
May 16, 2012 Helen Bailey, Sabrina Fossette, Steven Bograd, George Shillinger, Alan Swithenbank, Jean-Yves Georges, Philippe Gaspar, Patrick Stromberg, Frank Paladino, James Spotila, Barbara Block, Graeme Hays
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10.1371/journal.pone.0056588

PLOS ONE Complex Movements, Philopatry and Expanded Depth Range of a Severely Threatened Pelagic Shark, the Oceanic Whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Western North Atlantic
February 20, 2013 Lucy Howey-Jordan, Edward Brooks, Debra Abercrombie, Lance Jordan, Annabelle Brooks, Sean Williams, Emily Gospodarczyk, Demian Chapman
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10.1371/journal.pone.0021087

PLOS ONE Investigating Behaviour and Population Dynamics of Striped Marlin (Kajikia audax) from the Southwest Pacific Ocean with Satellite Tags
June 14, 2011 Timothy Sippel, John Holdsworth, Todd Dennis, John Montgomery
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10.1371/journal.pone.0060797

PLOS ONE White Sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) Scavenging on Whales and Its Potential Role in Further Shaping the Ecology of an Apex Predator
April 9, 2013 Chris Fallows, Austin Gallagher, Neil Hammerschlag
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10.1371/journal.pone.0018994

PLOS ONE An Unprecedented Aggregation of Whale Sharks, Rhincodon typus, in Mexican Coastal Waters of the Caribbean Sea
April 29, 2011 Rafael de la Parra Venegas, Robert Hueter, Jaime González Cano, John Tyminski, José Gregorio Remolina, Mike Maslanka, Andrea Ormos, Lee Weigt, Bruce Carlson, Alistair Dove
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10.1371/journal.pone.0054340

PLOS ONE Swim Speed, Behavior, and Movement of North Atlantic Right Whales (Eubalaena glacialis) in Coastal Waters of Northeastern Florida, USA
January 10, 2013 James Hain, Joy Hampp, Sheila McKenney, Julie Albert, Robert Kenney
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10.1371/journal.pone.0018710

PLOS ONE I Know My Neighbour: Individual Recognition in Octopus vulgaris
April 13, 2011 Elena Tricarico, Luciana Borrelli, Francesca Gherardi, Graziano Fiorito
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10.1371/journal.pone.0013873

PLOS ONE First Evidence for Adoption in California Sea Lions
November 8, 2010 Ramona Flatz, Leah R. Gerber
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10.1371/journal.pone.0047819

PLOS ONE Eating or Meeting? Cluster Analysis Reveals Intricacies of White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Migration and Offshore Behavior
October 29, 2012 Salvador Jorgensen, Natalie Arnoldi, Ethan Estess, Taylor Chapple, Martin Rückert, Scot Anderson, Barbara Block
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10.1371/journal.pone.0021110

PLOS ONE It Costs to Be Clean and Fit: Energetics of Comfort Behavior in Breeding-Fasting Penguins
July 19, 2011 Vincent Viblanc, Adeline Mathien, Claire Saraux, Vanessa Viera, René Groscolas
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10.1371/journal.pone.0009928

PLOS ONE Use of Social Information in Seabirds: Compass Rafts Indicate the Heading of Food Patches
March 29, 2010 Henri Weimerskirch, Sophie Bertrand, Jaime Silva, Jose Carlos Marques, Elisa Goya
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10.1371/journal.pone.0046920

PLOS ONE Nesting Phenology of Marine Turtles: Insights from a Regional Comparative Analysis on Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
October 9, 2012 Mayeul Dalleau, Stéphane Ciccione, Jeanne Mortimer, Julie Garnier, Simon Benhamou, Jérôme Bourjea
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10.1371/journal.pone.0065783

PLOS ONE Ethogram of Immature Green Turtles: Behavioral Strategies for Somatic Growth in Large Marine Herbivores
June 19, 2013 JUNICHI OKUYAMA, Kana Nakajima, Takuji Noda, Satoko Kimura, Hiroko Kamihata, Masato Kobayashi, Nobuaki Arai, Shiro Kagawa, Yuuki KAWABATA, Hideaki YAMADA
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10.1371/journal.pone.0014755

PLOS ONE Oceanic Sharks Clean at Coastal Seamount
March 14, 2011 Simon P. Oliver, Nigel E. Hussey, John R. Turner, Alison J. Beckett
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10.1371/journal.pone.0009324

PLOS ONE Novel Acoustic Technology for Studying Free-Ranging Shark Social Behaviour by Recording Individuals’ Interactions
February 19, 2010 Tristan L. Guttridge, Samuel H. Gruber, Jens Krause, David W. Sims
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10.1371/journal.pone.0077671

PLOS ONE The Encoding of Individual Identity in Dolphin Signature Whistles: How Much Information Is Needed?
October 23, 2013 Arik Kershenbaum, Laela Sayigh, Vincent Janik
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10.1371/journal.pone.0003868

PLOS ONE Why Do Dolphins Carry Sponges?
December 10, 2008 Janet Mann, Brooke L. Sargeant, Jana J. Watson-Capps, Quincy A. Gibson, Michael R. Heithaus, Richard C. Connor, Eric Patterson
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019602

PLOS ONE Social Interactions of Juvenile Brown Boobies at Sea as Observed with Animal-Borne Video Cameras
May 4, 2011 Ken Yoda, Miku Murakoshi, Kota Tsutsui, Hiroyoshi Kohno