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50  (of 60 published available) for Scottish Oceans Institute with keyword Diving clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

(Article)
Diving behavior and fine-scale kinematics of free-ranging Risso’s dolphins foraging in shallow and deep-water habitats
Patricia Arranz Alonso, Kelly Benoit-Bird, Ari S. Friedlaender, Elliot L. Hazen, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Alison K. Stimpert, Stacy Lynn De Ruiter, John Calambokidis, Brandon Southall, Andreas Fahlman, Peter Lloyd Tyack 
Keywords: Deep diving odontocete, Foraging energetics, Marine mammal, Grampus griseus, Activity level, Prey value, Central place foraging theory
2019 (25/1)
Frontiers in Marine Science
vol.5 
(Article)
Future directions in research on beaked whales
Sascha Kate Hooker, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Robin W. Baird, Emma Louise Carroll, Laura Feyrer, Patrick Miller, Aubrie Onoufriou, Greg Schorr, Hal Whitehead 
Keywords: Beaked whale, Hyperoodon, Mesoplodon, Ziphius, Berardius
2018 (1/12)
Scientific Reports
vol.8 
(Article)
Aquatic behaviour of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in an increasingly ice-free Arctic
Karen Lone, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Mike Fedak, Magnus Andersen, Philip Lovell, Jon Aars 
2018 (16/10)
Animal Biotelemetry
vol.6 
(Article)
Assessing the utility and limitations of accelerometers and machine learning approaches in classifying behaviour during lactation in a phocid seal
Courtney Schuert, Patrick Pomeroy, Sean Twiss 
Keywords: Accelerometer, Grey seal, Maternal behaviour, Breeding behaviour, Machine learning, ClassificationNERC
2018 (12/7)
PLoS ONE
vol.13 
(Article)
Body density of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in feeding aggregations estimated from hydrodynamic gliding performance
Tomoko Narazaki, Saana Isojunno, Douglas P. Nowacek, Ari S. Friedlaender, Christian Ramp, Sophie Caroline Smout, Kagari Aoki, Volker Bernt Deecke, Katsufumi Sato, Patrick Miller 
2018 (25/10)
Frontiers in Physiology
vol.9 
(Article)
Breathing patterns indicate cost of exercise during diving and response to experimental sound exposures in long-finned pilot whales
Saana Isojunno, Kagari Aoki, Charlotte Curé, Peter Kvadsheim, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Aerobic diving limit, Anthropogenic noise, Code:R, Dtag, Field Metabolic Rate (FMR), Globicephala melas, Respiratory rate, Sonar
2018 (9/1)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.221 
(Article)
Dive heart rate in harbour porpoises is influenced by exercise and expectations
Brigitte McDonald, Mark Johnson, Peter Madsen 
Keywords: Diving physiology, Bradycardia, Dive response, Harbour porpoise, Heart rate regulation, Exercise
2018 (10)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
vol.72 
(Article)
First-year sperm whale calves echolocate and perform long, deep dives
Pernille Tønnesen, Shane Gero, Michael Ladegaard, Mark Johnson, P. T. Madsen 
Keywords: Behavior, Coda, Dive capability, Echolocation, Ontogeny, Sperm whaleEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology
2018 (14/2)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
vol.285 
(Article)
High rates of vessel noise disrupt foraging in wild harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
Danuta Maria Wisniewska, Mark Johnson, Jonas Teilmann, Ursula Siebert, Anders Galatius, Rune Dietz, Peter Teglberg Madsen 
Keywords: Anthropogenic disturbance, Behavioural response, DTAG, Exposure rates, Fitness consequences, ForagingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Immunology and Microbiology(all), Environmental Science(all), Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
2018 (17/7)
Frontiers in Physiology
vol.9 
(Article)
Modeling tissue and blood gas kinetics in coastal and offshore common bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
Andreas Andreas, Frants Jensen, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Randall Wells 
Keywords: Diving physiology, Modeling and simulations, Gas exchange, Marine mammals, Decompression sickness, Blood gases, Hypoxia
2018 (28/11)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
vol.6 
(Article)
Movement and biosonar behavior during prey encounters indicate that male sperm whales switch foraging strategy with depth
Saana Isojunno, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Buzz, Dtag, Hidden Markov model, Sound production, Pressure effects, Prey switching
2018 (4)
Marine Mammal Science
vol.34 pp.403-419
(Article)
Sex-related differences in the postmolt distribution of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the southern Weddell Sea
Izzy Langley, Mike Fedak, Keith Nicholls, Lars Boehme 
Keywords: Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii, Postmolt distribution, Sex-related differences, CTD-SRDL, State-space model, Resident state, Weddell Sea

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
vol.Early View 
(Article)
The Newshot Island boat graveyard
Elinor Graham, Tom Dawson, Steve Liscoe,  
Keywords: Ship graveyard, Scotland, Clyde, Dredging, Sailing ship, Post-medieval
2017 (7)
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
vol.141 pp.8-19
(Article)
Distribution, abundance and habitat use of deep diving cetaceans in the North-East Atlantic
Emer Rogan, Ana Cañadas, Kelly Macleod, M. Begoña Santos, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Ainhize Uriarte, Olivier Van Canneyt, José Antonio Vázquez, Philip Steven Hammond 
Keywords: Design-based abundance, Model-based abundance, Beaked whales, Sperm whales, Pilot whales, Distribution, Deep divers, Habitat models
2017 (31/3)
Scientific Reports
vol.7 
(Article)
Hidden Markov models reveal complexity in the diving behaviour of short-finned pilot whales
Saana Isojunno, Dina Sadykova, Matthew Bowers, Douglas P. Nowacek, Andrew J Read 
Keywords: General
2017 (18/10)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.220 pp.3802-3811
(Article)
High diving metabolic rate indicated by high-speed transit to depth in negatively buoyant long-finned pilot whales
Kagari Aoki, Katsufumi Sato, Saana Isojunno, Tomoko Narazaki, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Body condition, Cetacean, Deep-diving marine mammals, Foraging strategy, Globicephala melas, Swimming kinematics
2017 (6/12)
PLoS One
vol.12 
(Article)
Hooded seal Cystophora cristata foraging areas in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean— investigated using three complementary methods
Jade Vacquie-Garcia, Christian Lydersen, Martin Biuw, Tore Haug, Mike Fedak, Kit Kovacs 
2017 (21/2)

(Paper)
In-situ observations using tagged animals
Fabien Roquet, Lars Boehme, Marthan Bester, Horst Bornemann, Sophie Brasseur, Jean-Benoit Charrassin, Daniel Costa, Mike Fedak, Christophe Guinet, Ailsa Jane Hall, Robert Harcourt, Mark Hindell, Kit M. Kovacs, Mary-Anne Lea, Philip Lovell, Andrew Lowther, Christian Lydersen, Clive McMahon, Baptiste Picard, Gilles Reverdin, Cécile Vincent 
2017 (12)
Ecosphere
vol.8 
(Article)
Individual, ecological, and anthropogenic influences on activity budgets of long-finned pilot whales
Saana Isojunno, Dinara Sadykova, Stacy Lynn De Ruiter, Charlotte Curé, Fleur Visser, Len Thomas, Patrick Miller, Catriona M Harris 
Keywords: Anthropogenic noise, Activity synchrony, Benthic habitat, Deep diving mammal, DTAG, Ethogram, Globicephala melas, Hidden Markov model, Naval sonar

Scientific Reports
vol.7 
(Article)
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive ontogeny of early-life at-sea behaviour in a marine top predator
Matthew Ian Daniel Carter, Debbie JF Russell, Clinton John Blight, David Thompson, Philip J. Hosegood,  
Keywords: NERC
2017 (2/2)
vol.602 
(Commissioned report)
Review of analytical approaches for identifying usage and foraging areas at sea for harbour seals
Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Debbie JF Russell, Eunice Pinn, Bernie J McConnell 
Keywords: JNCC
2017 (2)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
vol.141 pp.900-907
(Article)
Short first click intervals in echolocation trains of three species of deep diving odontocetes
Peter Lloyd Tyack, Patrick Miller, Luke Edward Rendell 
2017 (15/9)
Journal of Environmental Management
vol.200 pp.53-59
(Article)
User fees across ecosystem boundaries
Nicholas David Hanley, Will Cresswell 
Keywords: Choice experiment, User fee, Coral reef, Diving, Sedimentation, Caribbean
2017 (12)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
vol.71 
(Article)
Vocal foragers and silent crowds
Fleur Visser, Annebelle C.M. Kok, Machiel G. Oudejans, Lindesay Alexandra Sarah Scott-Hayward, Stacy Lynn De Ruiter, Ana Catarina De Carvalho Alves, Ricardo Nuno Antunes, Saana Isojunno, Graham J. Pierce, Hans Slabbekoorn, Jef Huisman, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Acoustic tags, Animal communication, Call, Foraging, Pilot whale, Social behaviourEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology
2016 (19/5)
PLoS One
vol.11 
(Article)
Bimodal winter haul-out patterns of adult Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the southern Weddell Sea
Lars Boehme, Amy Baker, Mike Fedak, Marius Arthun, Keith Nicholls, Patrick Robinson, Dan Costa, Martin Biuw, Theoni Photopoulou 
Keywords: Seal, Weddell sea, Weddell seals, Foraging behavior, Antarctica, Light, Diving, Haul-out
2016 (17/8)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.219 pp.2458-2468
(Article)
Body density and diving gas volume of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus)
Patrick Miller, Tomoko Narazaki, Saana Isojunno, Kagari Aoki, Sophie Caroline Smout, Katsufumi sato 
Keywords: Body condition, Lipid, Hydrodynamic performance, Drag, BuoyancyAgricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
2016 (26/5)
Ecosphere
vol.7 pp.1-27
(Article)
Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories
Mark Hindell, Clive McMahon, Marthan Bester, Lars Boehme, Daniel Costa, Mike Fedak, Christophe Guinet, Laura Herraiz-Borreguero, Robert G. Harcourt, Luis Huckstadt, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Trevor McInytre, Monica Muelbert, Fabien Roquet, Guy Williams, Jean-Benoit Charrassin 
Keywords: Foraging behaviour, Mirounga leonina, Physical oceanography, Population status, Sea-ice, Southern Ocean water masses
2016 (21/11)
Current Biology
vol.26 pp.R1175-R1176
(Article)
Cognitive control of heart rate in diving harbor porpoises
Siri Elmegaard, Mark Johnson, Peter Madsen, Birgitte McDonald 
2016 (29/6)
Scientific Reports
vol.6 
(Article)
Disturbance-specific social responses in long-finned pilot whales, Globicephala melas
Fleur Visser, Charlotte Cure, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Frans-Peter A Lam, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: General
2016 (12)
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
vol.70 pp.2161–2174
(Article)
Dynamic habitat corridors for marine predators
Gordon Drummond Hastie, Debbie JF Russell, Steven Benjamins, Simon Moss, Ben Wilson, David Thompson 
Keywords: Foraging, Marine mammal, Oceanographic, Predator, Pinniped, DivingNERC
2016 (1/11)
ICES Journal of Marine Science
vol.73 pp.2653-2665
(Article)
Foraging behaviour and prey consumption by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)-spatial and trophic overlaps with fisheries in a marine protected area
Cecile Vincent, Vincent Ridoux, Mike Fedak, Bernie J McConnell, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Jean Pierre Leaute, Joffrey Jouma'a, Jerome Spitz 
Keywords: Fisheries interactions, Iroise Sea, Management, Pinnipeds, Prey intake, Satellite telemetryOceanography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aquatic Science, Ecology
2016 (26/10)
Movement Ecology
vol.4 
(Review article)
Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds
Matthew Ian Daniel Carter, Kimberley A. Bennett, Clare B. Embling, Philip J. Hosegood, Debbie JF Russell 
Keywords: Movement ecology, Area-restricted search, Satellite telemetry, GPS, Argos, TDR, Animal tracking, Marine mammals, SealsNERC
2016 (7)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.219 pp.2103-2109
(Article)
Tracking the kinematics of caudal-oscillatory swimming
Lucía Martina Martín López, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Patrick Miller, Mark Johnson 
Keywords: Gyroscope, Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Specific acceleration, Body rotation, Swimming kinematics
2015 (3)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
vol.6 pp.278-288
(Article)
Efficient abstracting of dive profiles using a broken-stick model
Theoni Photopoulou, Philip Lovell, Mike Fedak, Len Thomas, Jason Matthiopoulos 
Keywords: Animal telemetry, Broken-stick model, CTD-SRDL, Dive profile, Dive type, Dive zone index, Elephant seal, Data abstractionEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)
2015 (2/12)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.218 pp.3816-3824
(Article)
Fishing for drifts
Mike Fedak, Lars Boehme 
Keywords: Buoyancy, Marine mammal, Elephant seal, Body composition, Drift diving, Telemetry, Foraging ecology, Diving behaviour
2015 (5)
Journal of Experimental Biology
vol.218 pp.1325-1338
(Article)
Gait switches in deep-diving beaked whales
Lucía Martina Martín López, Patrick Miller, Natacha Aguilar de Soto, Mark Johnson 
Keywords: Biomechanics, Swimming-gaits, Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Beaked whales, Deep diving
2015 (5)
Marine Environmental Research
vol.106 pp.68-81
(Article)
How effectively do horizontal and vertical response strategies of long-finned pilot whales reduce sound exposure from naval sonar?
Paul Wensveen, Alexander M von Benda-Beckmann, Michael A Ainslie, Frans-Peter A Lam, Petter H Kvadsheim, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Cetaceans, Disturbance, Behaviour, Environmental impact, Noise, Risk assessment, Individual-based models, Sonar
2015 (29/9)
Animal Biotelemetry
vol.3 
(Article)
Images as proximity sensors
Sascha Kate Hooker, Tatsiana Barychka, Mark J Jessopp, Iain J Staniland 
Keywords: Pinniped, Animal-attached camera, Sociality, Foraging, Groups, Arctocephalus gazella
2015 (9)
Journal of Avian Biology
vol.46 pp.431-440
(Article)
Individual seabirds show consistent foraging strategies in response to predictable fisheries discards
Samantha C. Patrick, Stuart Bearhop, Thomas W. Bodey, James Grecian 
2015 (15/5)

(Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary)
Marine mammals
Sascha Kate Hooker 
Keywords: Acoustic, Behavior, Cetacean, Conservation, Diving, Ecology, Mammal, Oceanic, Vertebrate, Whale
2015 (12/11)
Scientific Reports
vol.5 
(Article)
Passive acoustic monitoring of beaked whale densities in the Gulf of Mexico
John Hildebrand, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Kaitlin Frasier, Jennifer Trickey, Karlina Merkens, Sean Wiggins, Mark McDonald, Lance Garrison, Danielle Harris, Tiago A. Marques, Len Thomas 
2015 (22/4)
Marine Ecology Progress Series
vol.526 pp.267-282
(Article)
Predator sound playbacks reveal strong avoidance responses in a fight strategist baleen whale
Charlotte Cure, Lise Doksaeter-Sivle, Fleur Visser, Paul Wensveen, Saana Isojunno, Catriona M Harris, Petter Kvadsheim, Frans-Peter Lam, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Anti-predator strategy, Predator sound playbacks, Multi-sensor tag, Behavioural responses, Horizontal avoidance, Baleen whale, Humpback whale
2015 (19/11)
Aquatic Mammals
vol.41 pp.469-502
(Article)
Severity of expert-identified behavioural responses of humpback whale, minke whale, and northern bottlenose whale to naval sonar
Lise D. Sivle, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Charlotte Cure, Saana Isojunno, Paul Wensveen, Frans-Peter A. Lam, Fleur Visser, Lars Kleivane, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Catriona M Harris, Patrick Miller 
Keywords: Behavioural response, Naval sonar, Severity scoring, Humpback whale, Mega, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, controlled exposure experiment, arctic biology
2015 (29/7)
Animal Biotelemetry
vol.3 
(Article)
The generalized data management and collection protocol for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers
Theoni Photopoulou, Mike Fedak, Jason Matthiopoulos, Bernie J McConnell, Philip Lovell 
Keywords: CTD-SRDL, SMRU-IG, Software protocol, CLS-Argos, Marine mammals, Diving, Oceanography, ConstraintsEarth and Planetary Sciences(all), Environmental Science(all), Engineering(all)
2014 (1)
Marine Mammal Science
vol.30 pp.154-168
(Article)
Analysis of a Blainville's beaked whale's movement response to playback of killer whale vocalizations
Ann Allen, Julian Schanze, Andy Solow, Peter Lloyd Tyack 
2014 (22/7)
PLoS One
vol.9 
(Article)
Drift diving by hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Julie Andersen, Garry Stenson, Mette Skern-Maurizen, Yolanda Wiersma , Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Lars Boehme, Mike Hammill 
2014 (28/1)
Frontiers in Physiology
vol.5 pp.1-6
(Article)
How man-made interference might cause gas bubble emboli in deep diving whales
Andreas Fahlman, Peter Lloyd Tyack, Patrick Miller, Petter Kvadsheim 
Keywords: Modeling, Cetacean, Diving physiology
2014
Condor
vol.116 pp.149-161
(Article)
Integrating aerial and ship surveys of marine birds into a combined density surface model
Kristopher Winiarski, M Louise Burt, Eric Rexstad, David Lawrence Miller, Carol Trocki, Peter Paton, Scott McWilliams 
Keywords: Abundance estimation, Common Loon, density surface model, distance sampling, Gavia immer, spatial modeling, spatially explicit abundance models
2014 (3)

(Commissioned report)
Seal at-sea distribution, movements and behaviour
Debbie JF Russell, Bernie J McConnell 
2014
Behaviour
vol.151 pp.1453-1477
(Article)
The social context of individual foraging behaviour in long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas)
Fleur Visser, Patrick Miller, Ricardo Nuno Antunes, Machiel G. Oudejans, Monique Lea MacKenzie, Kagari Aoki, Frans-Peter A. Lam, Petter H. Kvadsheim, Jef Huisman, Peter Lloyd Tyack 
Keywords: Diving behaviour, Cetaceans, Group-level sampling, Long-finned pilot whale, Foraging, Globicephala melas, Digital archival tags, Social animals, Bottle-nosed dolphins, Decision-making, Sperm-whales, Physeter-macrocephalus, Sampling methods, Islands, Sea, Patterns, Models

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