Ecology of Marine Megafauna Species and the Environment

Dear Colleagues,

The scope of this Special Issue is to welcome all papers dealing with marine megafauna species with a focus on ecology. This includes, but is not limited to, behavioral studies dealing with foraging behavior, habitat use and movements patterns (spatial and diving), but also findings applied to conservation and management. We therefore encourage all authors conducting studies within the field of ecology applied to marine megafauna species to submit their papers to this Special Issue, which will complement the existing literature on this growing topic.

This Special Issue focuses on, but is not limited to:

• Habitat modeling and biogeography;
• Habitat use in the vertical dimension;
• Influence of oceanography on the at-sea ecology;
• The use of biologging for conservation and management;
• Open ocean and migration;
• Residency and coastal behavior;
• Machine learning for spatial modeling;
• Effects of anthropogenic disturbance;
• Interactions between predator and prey.

Dr. Philippine Chambault
Guest Editor

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• megafauna
• movement ecology
• marine ecology
• spatial patterns
• conservation
• diving behaviour