Ocean deoxygenation effects on threatened top predators: New understanding and predictions from novel bio-logging instruments and data

Project Information

OCEAN DEOXYFISH

Grant agreement ID: 883583

DOI

10.3030/883583

EC signature date 17 September 2020

Start date 1 October 2020

End date 30 September 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 3 110 111,00

EU contribution

€ 3 110 111,00

Coordinated by

MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Climate-driven deoxygenation elevates fishing vulnerability for the ocean's widest ranging shark

Author(s): Marisa Vedor, Nuno Queiroz, Gonzalo Mucientes, Ana Couto, Ivo da Costa, António dos Santos, Frederic Vandeperre, Jorge Fontes, Pedro Afonso, Rui Rosa, Nicolas E Humphries, David W Sims
Published in: eLife, Issue 10, 2021, ISSN 2050-084X
Publisher: eLife Sciences Publications
DOI: 10.7554/elife.62508

Four steps to curb 'ocean roadkill'

Author(s): Freya C. Womersley, Alexandra Loveridge, David W. Sims
Published in: Nature, Issue 621, 2023, Page(s) 34-38, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/d41586-023-02729-9

Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone

Author(s): Nuno Queiroz; Nuno Queiroz; Nicolas E. Humphries; Ana Rita Couto; Marisa Vedor; Ivo da Costa; Ana M. M. Sequeira; Gonzalo Mucientes; António M. Santos; Francisco J. Abascal; Debra L. Abercrombie; Kátya G. Abrantes; David Acuña-Marrero; André S. Afonso; André S. Afonso; Pedro Afonso; Pedro Afonso; Darrell Anders; Gonzalo Araujo; Randall Arauz; Pascal Bach; Adam Barnett; Diego Bernal; Michael L
Published in: Nature, Issue 595, 2021, Page(s) E8-E16, ISSN 1476-4687
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03397-3

Discovery of a potential open ocean nursery for the endangered shortfin mako shark in a global fishing hotspot

Author(s): Gonzalo Mucientes, Alexandre Alonso-Fernández, Marisa Vedor, David W. Sims, Nuno Queiroz
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-85572-4

Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation

Author(s): SJ Jorgensen; F Micheli; TD White; KS Van Houtan; J Alfaro-Shigueto; S Andrzejaczek; NS Arnoldi; JK Baum; B Block; GL Britten; C Butner; S Caballero; D Cardeñosa; TK Chapple; S Clarke; E Cortés; NK Dulvy; S Fowler; AJ Gallagher; E Gilman; BJ Godley; RT Graham; N Hammerschlag; AV Harry; MR Heithaus; M Hutchinson; C Huveneers; CG Lowe; LO Lucifora; T MacKeracher; JC Mangel; AP Barbosa Martins; DJ
Published in: Endangered Species Research, Issue 47, 2022, Page(s) 171-203, ISSN 1863-5407
Publisher: Inter-Research Science Center
DOI: 10.3354/esr01169

Do Whale Sharks Select for Specific Environments to Give Birth?

Author(s): Freya C. Womersley, Matt J. Waller, David W. Sims
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, Issue 15, 2025, Page(s) e70930, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.70930

Global habitat predictions to inform spatiotemporal fisheries management: Initial steps within the framework

Author(s): Heather D. Bowlby, Jean-Noël Druon, Jon Lopez, Maria José Juan-Jordá, María Teresa Carreón-Zapiain, Frederic Vandeperre, Agostino Leone, Brittany Finucci, Philippe S. Sabarros, Barbara A. Block, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Pedro Afonso, Michael K. Musyl, Rui Coelho, Enric Cortés, Luis Gustavo Cardoso, Bruno Mourato, Nuno Queiroz, Jorge Fontes, Francisco J. Abascal, Antonella Zanzi, Humberto Gomes H
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 164, 2024, Page(s) 106155, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106155

Unreported discards of internationally protected pelagic sharks in a global fishing hotspot are potentially large

Author(s): Mucientes, G., Vedor, M., Sims, D.W., Queiroz, N.
Published in: Biological Conservation, Issue 269, 2022, Page(s) 109534, ISSN 0006-3207
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109534

Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation

Author(s): Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo da Costa, Ana M. M. Sequeira, Gonzalo Mucientes, António M. Santos, Francisco J. Abascal, Debra L. Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, David Acuña-Marrero, André S. Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Darrell Anders, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, Pascal Bach, Adam Barnett, Diego Bernal, Michael L. Berumen, Sandra Bessudo Lion, Natalia P. A. Bezerra,
Published in: Nature, Issue 595, 2023, Page(s) E20-E28, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03464-9

Climate-driven global redistribution of an ocean giant predicts increased threat from shipping

Author(s): Freya C. Womersley, Lara L. Sousa, Nicolas E. Humphries, Kátya Abrantes, Gonzalo Araujo, Steffen S. Bach, Adam Barnett, Michael L. Berumen, Sandra Bessudo Lion, Camrin D. Braun, Elizabeth Clingham, Jesse E. M. Cochran, Rafael de la Parra, Stella Diamant, Alistair D. M. Dove, Carlos M. Duarte, Christine L. Dudgeon, Mark V. Erdmann, Eduardo Espinoza, Luciana C. Ferreira, Richard Fitzpatrick, Jaime
Published in: Nature Climate Change, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 1282-1291, ISSN 1758-678X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02129-5

Context-dependent changes in maritime traffic activity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Author(s): Alexandra Loveridge, Christopher D. Elvidge, David A. Kroodsma, Timothy D. White, Karen Evans, Akiko Kato, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Julia Sommerfeld, Akinori Takahashi, Robert Patchett, Benjamin Robira, Christian Rutz, David W. Sims
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 84, 2024, Page(s) 102773, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102773

Highly active fish in low oxygen environments: vertical movements and behavioural responses of bigeye and yellowfin tunas to oxygen minimum zones in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Author(s): Nicolas E. Humphries, Daniel W. Fuller, Kurt M. Schaefer & David W. Sims
Published in: Marine Biology, Issue 171, 2024, Page(s) 55, ISSN 0025-3162
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-023-04366-2

The vulnerability of sharks, skates, and rays to ocean deoxygenation: Physiological mechanisms, behavioral responses, and ecological impacts

Author(s): Matt J. Waller, Nicolas E. Humphries, Freya C. Womersley, Alexandra Loveridge, Amy L. Jeffries, Yuuki Watanabe, Nicholas Payne, Jayson Semmens, Nuno Queiroz, Emily J. Southall, David W. Sims
Published in: Journal of Fish Biology, Issue 105, 2024, Page(s) 482-511, ISSN 0022-1112
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15830

Measuring deoxygenation effects on marine predators: A new animal‐attached archival tag recording in situ dissolved oxygen, temperature, fine‐scale movements and behaviour

Author(s): Ivo da Costa, David W. Sims, Bruno Loureiro, Matt J. Waller, Freya C. Womersley, Alexandra Loveridge, Nicolas E. Humphries, Emily J. Southall, Marisa Vedor, Gonzalo Mucientes, Sophie Prendergast, Jorge Fontes, Pedro Afonso, Bruno C. L. Macena, Yuuki Y. Watanabe, Nuno Queiroz
Published in: Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 1360-1379, ISSN 2041-210X
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.14360

Oceanic Diel Vertical Movement Patterns of Blue Sharks Vary With Water Temperature and Productivity to Change Vulnerability to Fishing

Author(s): Marisa Vedor, Gonzalo Mucientes, Sofia Hernandez, Rui Rosa, Nicolas E. Humphries, David W. Sims, Nuno Queiroz
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 8, 2021, Page(s) e688076, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.688076

Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world’s largest fish, the whale shark

Author(s): Womersley, F.C., Nicolas E. Humphries, Queiroz, N., Vedor, M., da Costa, I., Furtado, M., Tyminski, J.P., Abrantes, K., Araujo, G., Bach, S.S., Barnett, A., Berumen, M.L., Bessudo Lion, S., Braun, C.D., Clingham, E., Cochran, J.E.M., de la Parra, R., Diamant, S., Dove, A.D.M., Dudgeon, C.L., Erdmann, M.V., Espinoza, E., Fitzpatrick, R., González Cano, J., Green, J.R., Guzman, H.M., Hardenstine, R
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., Issue 119, 2022, Page(s) e2117440119, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117440119

Direct measurement of cruising and burst swimming speeds of the shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with estimates of field metabolic rate

Author(s): Matt J. Waller, Nuno Queiroz, Ivo da Costa, Tiago Cidade, Bruno Loureiro, Freya C. Womersley, Jorge Fontes, Pedro Afonso, Bruno C. L. Macena, Alexandra Loveridge, Nicolas E. Humphries, Emily J. Southall, David W. Sims
Published in: Journal of Fish Biology, Issue 103, 2023, Page(s) 864-883, ISSN 0022-1112
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15475