Direct quantification of energy intake in an apex marine predator suggests physiology is a key driver of migrations

Rebecca E. Whitlock; Elliott L. Hazen; Andreas Walli; Charles Farwell; Steven J. Bograd; David G. Foley; Michael Castleton; Barbara A. Block

doi:10.1126/sciadv.1400270

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Direct quantification of energy intake in an apex marine predator suggests physiology is a key driver of migrations

Rebecca E. Whitlock¹,²,*,
Elliott L. Hazen³,
Andreas Walli¹,
Charles Farwell⁴,
Steven J. Bograd³,
David G. Foley³,†,
Michael Castleton¹ and
Barbara A. Block¹

¹Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
²Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sötvattenslaboratoriet, Stångholmsvägen 2, Drottningholm 178 93, Sweden.
³Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 99 Pacific Street, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA 93940, USA.
⁴Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey Bay, CA 93940, USA.

↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: rebecca.whitlock{at}slu.se

↵† Deceased.

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Science Advances 25 Sep 2015:
Vol. 1, no. 8, e1400270
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1400270

Rebecca E. Whitlock

1Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.

2Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sötvattenslaboratoriet, Stångholmsvägen 2, Drottningholm 178 93, Sweden.

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For correspondence: rebecca.whitlock@slu.se

Elliott L. Hazen

3Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 99 Pacific Street, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA 93940, USA.

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Andreas Walli

1Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.

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Charles Farwell

4Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey Bay, CA 93940, USA.

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Steven J. Bograd

3Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 99 Pacific Street, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA 93940, USA.

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David G. Foley

3Environmental Research Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 99 Pacific Street, Suite 255A, Monterey, CA 93940, USA.

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Michael Castleton

1Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.

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Barbara A. Block

1Tuna Research and Conservation Center, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Oceanview Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.

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