Publications

 
 

2022

  • Noh HJ, J Turner-Maier, SA Schulberg, ML Fitzgerald, J Johnson, KN Allen, LA Hückstädt, AJ Batten, J Alfoldi, DP Costa, EK Karlsson, WM Zapol, ES Buys, K Lindblad-Toh & AG Hindle. 2022. The Antarctic Weddell seal genome reveals evidence of selection on cardiovascular phenotype and lipid handling. Communications Biology 5: 140 https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03089-2

 

2021

  • Adachi T, A Takahashi, DP Costa, PW Robinson, LA Hückstädt, SH Peterson, RR Holser, RS Beltran, TR Keates & Y Naito. 2021. Forced into an ecological corner: Round-the-clock deep foraging on small prey by elephant seals. Science Advances: EABG3628. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg3628

  • Blakeway J-A, JPY Arnould, AJ Hoskins, P Martin-Cabrera, GJ Sutton, LA Hückstädt, DP Costa, D Páez-Rosas & S Villegas-Amtmann. 2021. Influence of hunting strategy on foraging efficiency in Galapagos sea lions. PeerJ 9:e11206 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11206

 

2020

  • Wright TJ, RW Davis, RR Holser, LA Hückstädt, C Danesi, C Porter, S Widen, TM Williams, DP Costa & M Sheffield-Moore. 2020. Changes in Northern Elephant Seal Skeletal Muscle Following Thirty Days of Molt With Reduced Activity and Fasting. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.564555

  • Hückstädt LA, LK Schwarz, AS Friedlaender, BR Mate, AN Zerbini, A Kennedy, J Robbins, NJ Gales & DP Costa. 2020. A dynamic approach to estimate the probability of exposure of marine predators to oil exploration seismic surveys over continental shelf waters. Endangered Species Research. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01048

  • Hückstädt LA, A Piñones, DM Palacios, BI McDonald, MS Dinniman, EE Hofmann, JM Burns, DE Crocker & DP Costa. 2020. Projected shifts in the foraging habitat of crabeater seals along the Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0745-9

  • Hindell MA, RR Reisinger, Y Ropert-Coudert, LA Hückstädt, PN Trathan, H Bornemann, J-B Charrassin, DP Costa, B Danis, M-A Lea, D Thompson, LG Torres, AP Van de Putte, DG Ainley, R Alderman, V Andrews-Goff, B Arthur, G Ballard, J Bengtson, MN Bester, AS Blix, L Boehme, C-A Bost, P Boveng, J Cleeland, R Constantine, RJM Crawford, L Dalla Rosa, PJN de Bruyn, K Delord, S Descamps, M Double, K Dugger, L Emmerson, M Fedak, A Friedlaender, N Gales, M Goebel, KT Goetz, C Guinet, SD Goldsworthy, R Harcourt, J Hinke, K Jerosch, A Kato, KR Kerry, R Kirkwood, GL Kooyman, KM Kovacs, K Lawton, AD Lowther, C Lydersen, PO’B Lyver, AB Makhado, MEI Márquez, BI McDonald, C McMahon, M Muelbert, D Nachtsheim, KW Nicholls, ES Nordøy, S Olmastroni, RA Phillips, P Pistorius, J Plötz, K Pütz, N Ratcliffe, PG Ryan, M Santos, C Southwell, I Staniland, A Takahashi, A Tarroux, W Trivelpiece, E Wakefield, H Weimerskirch, B Wienecke, JC Xavier, S Wotherspoon, ID Jonsen & B Raymond. 2020. Tracking predator communities to protect the Southern Ocean. Nature, 580: 87–92. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y

  • Ropert-Coudert Y, AP Van de Putte, RR Reisinger, H Bornemann, J-B Charrassin, DP Costa, B Danis, LA Hückstädt, ID Jonsen, M-A Lea, D Thompson, LG Torres, PN Trathan, S Wotherspoon, DG Ainley, R Alderman, V Andrews-Goff, B Arthur, G Ballard, J Bengtson, MN Bester, AS Blix, L Boehme, C-A Bost, P Boveng, J Cleeland, R Constantine, RJM Crawford, L Dalla Rosa, PJN de Bruyn, K Delord, S Descamps, M Double, L Emmerson, M Fedak, A Friedlaender, N Gales, M Goebel, KT Goetz, C Guinet, SD Goldsworthy, R Harcourt, J Hinke, K Jerosch, A Kato, KR Kerry, R Kirkwood, GL Kooyman, KM Kovacs, K Lawton, AD Lowther, C Lydersen, PO'B Lyver, AB Makhado, MEI Márquez, BI McDonald, C McMahon, M Muelbert, D Nachtsheim, KW Nicholls, ES Nordøy, S Olmastroni, RA Phillips, P Pistorius, J Plötz, K Pütz, N Ratcliffe, PG Ryan, M Santos, C Southwell, I Staniland, A Takahashi, A Tarroux, W Trivelpiece, E Wakefield, H Weimerskirch, B Wienecke, JC Xavier, B Raymond & MA Hindell. 2020. The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Data Project. Scientific Data. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-020-0406-x

  • McDonald BI, MS Tift, LA Hückstädt, M Jeffko & PJ Ponganis. 2020. Stroke effort and relative lung volume influence heart rate in diving sea lions. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/5/jeb214163.abstract

  • Yoshino K, A Takahashi, T Adachi, DP Costa, PW Robinson, SH Peterson, LA Hückstädt, RR Holser & Y Naito. 2020. Motion-triggered animal-borne videos show a dominance of fish in the diet of female northern elephant seals. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/5/jeb212936.abstract

  • Keates TR, RM Kudela, RR Holser, LA Hückstädt, SS Simmons & DP Costa. 2020. Chlorophyll fluorescence as measured in situ by animal-borne instruments in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Marine Systems. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103266

 

2019

  • Horning M, RD Andrews, A Bishop, PL Boveng , DP Costa, DE Crocker, M Haulena, M Hindell, AG Hindle, RR Holser, SK Hooker, LA Hückstädt, S Johnson, M-A Lea, BI McDonald, CR McMahon, PW Robinson, R Sattler, CR Shuert, SM Steingass, D Thompson, PA Tuomi, CL Williams & JN Womble. 2019. Best practice recommendations for the use of external telemetry devices on pinnipeds. Animal Telemetry 7(1): 1-17. https://animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40317-019-0182-6

  • Harcourt R, AMM Sequeira, X Zhang, F Roquet, K Komatsu, M Heupel, CR McMahon, FG Whoriskey, M Meekan, G Carroll, S Brodie, C Simpfendorfer, MA Hindell, ID Jonsen, DP Costa, BA Block, MMC Muelbert, BE Woodward, MJ Weise, K Aarestrup, M Biuw, L Boehme, SJ Bograd, D Cazau, J-B Charrassin, S Cooke, PD Cowley, PJN De Bruyn, TJ Du Dot, CM Duarte, VM Eguíluz, L Ferreira, J Fernández-Gracia, KT Goetz, Y Goto, C Guinet, M Hammill, GC Hays, E Hazen, LA Hückstädt, C Huveneers, S Iverson, SA Jaaman, K Kittiwattanawong, K Kovacs, C Lydersen, T Moltmann, M Naruoka, B Picard, N Queiroz, G Reverdin, K Sato, DW Sims, EB Thorstad, M Thums, AM Treasure, A Trites, GD Williams, Y Yonehara & Michael Fedak. 2019. Animal-Borne telemetry: an integral component of the ocean observing toolkit. Frontiers in Marine Science, 26. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00326

  • Hindle AG, KN Allen, AJ Batten, LA Hückstädt, J Turner-Maier, SA Schulberg, J Johnson, E Karlsson, K Lindblad-Toh, DP Costa, DB Bloch, WM Zapol & ES Buys. 2019. Low guanylyl cyclase activity in Weddell seals: Implications for peripheral vasoconstriction and perfusion of the brain during diving. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 316: R704–R715. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00283.2018

  • Brault EK, PL Koch, DP Costa, MD McCarthy, LA Hückstädt, KT Goetz, KW McMahon, ME Goebel, O Karlsson, J Teilmann, T Härkönen & K Hårding. 2019. Trophic Position and Foraging Ecology of Ross, Weddell, and Crabeater Seals Revealed by Compound-specific Isotope Analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 611: 1 - 18. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12856

 

2018

 

  • Adachi T, LA Hückstädt, MS Tift, DP Costa, Y Naito & A Takahashi. 2018. Mandible acceleration reveals prey size variation in northern elephant seals. Marine Mammal Science: 35 (3), 893-908. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12571

  • Bagchi A, AJ Batten, M Levin, KN Allen, MJ Fitzgerald, LA Hückstädt, DP Costa, ES Buys, & A Hindle. 2018. Intrinsic anti-inflammatory properties in the serum of deep-diving seals. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(13). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.178491.

  • McHuron EA, SH Peterson, LA Hückstädt, SR Melin, JD Harris & D. Costa, 2018. The energetic consequences of behavioural variation in a marine carnivore. Ecology and Evolution: 8 (8), 4340-4351. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3983

  • Sequeira AMM, JP Rodríguez, VM Eguíluz, RG Harcourt, MA Hindell, DW Sims, CM Duarte, DP Costa, J Fernández-Gracia, L Ferreira, GC Hays, MR Heupel, MG Meekan, AM Aven, F Bailleul, A Baylis, ML Berumen, C Braun, JM Burns, J Caley, R Campbell, RH Carmichael, E Clua, L Einoder, A Friedlaender, M Goebel, S Goldsworthy, C Guinet, J Gunn, D Hamer, N Hammerschlag, MO Hammill, LA Hückstädt, NE Humphries, MA Lea, A Lowther, A Mackay, E McHuron, J McKenzie, L McLeay, C McMahon, KL Mengersen, MC Muelbert, A Pagano, B Page, Q Nuno, PW Robinson, SA Shaffer, MS Shivji, G Skomal, SR Thorrold, S Villegas-Amtmann, M Weise, RS Wells, BM Wetherbee, A Wiebkin, B Wienecke & M Thums. 2018. Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: 115 (12), 3072-3077. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716137115

  • Hückstädt LA, RR Holser, MS Tift & DP Costa. 2018. The extra burden of motherhood: Reduced dive duration associated with pregnancy status in a deep-diving mammal, the northern elephant seal. Biology Letters, 14(2): 20170722. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0722

  • Kooyman GL, RP VanDam & LA Hückstädt. 2018. Night diving by some Emperor penguins during the winter breeding period at Cape Washington. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(1). https://doi/org/10.1242/jeb.170795

  • Tift MS, LA Hückstädt & PJ Ponganis. 2018. Anterior vena caval oxygen profiles in deep-diving California sea lions: arteriovenous shunts, a central venous oxygen store, and oxygenation during lung collapse. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(1). http://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.163428.

  • Pirotta E, M Mangel, DP Costa, B Mate, J Goldbogen, DM Palacios, LA Hückstädt, EA McHuron, L Schwarz & L New. 2018. A dynamic model to assess the consequences of disturbance and environmental changes on migratory baleen whales. American Naturalist 19(2): https://doi.org/10.1086/695135.

2017

 

  • Roquet F, L Boehme, B Block, J-B Charrassin, D Costa, C Guinet, RG Harcourt, MA Hindell, LA Hückstädt, CR McMahon, B Woodward & MA Fedak. 2017. Ocean observations using tagged animals. Oceanography 30(2):139, https://doi.org/ 10.5670/oceanog.2017.235.

  • Hückstädt LA, M McCarthy, PL Koch & DP Costa. 2017. What differences does a century make? Shifts in the ecosystem of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, as evidenced from a sentinel species, the Weddell seal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284 (1861). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0927

  • Tift MS, LA Hückstädt, BI McDonald, PH Thorson & PJ Ponganis.  2017. Flipper stroke rate and venous oxygen levels in free-ranging California sea lions. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220(8): 1533-1540. https://.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.152314

 

2016

 

  • Costa DP, LA Hückstädt, LK Schwarz, AS Friedlaender, BR Mate, AN Zerbini, A Kennedy & NJ Gales. 2016. Assessing the exposure of animals to acoustic disturbance: Towards an understanding of the population consequences of disturbance.  Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 27, 010027. https://doi.org/10.1121/2.0000298

  • Fietcher J, LA Hückstädt, K Rose & DP Costa. 2016. A fully coupled ecosystem model to predict the foraging ecology of apex predators in the California Current. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11849.

  • Fregosi S, H Klinck, M Horning, DP Costa, D Mann, K Sexton, LA Hückstädt, DK Mellinger & BL Southall. 2016. An animal-borne active acoustic tag for minimally invasive behavioral response studies on marine mammals. Animal Biotelemetry, 4(9). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-016-0101-z

  • Goetz KT, JM Burns, LA Hückstädt, MR Shero & DP Costa. 2016. Temporal variation in isotopic composition and diet of Weddell seals in the western Ross Sea. Deep Sea Research II, 140: 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.05.017.

  • Hückstädt LA, MS Tift, F Riet-Sapriza, V Franco-Trecu, AMM Baylis, RA Orben, JPY Arnould, M Sepulveda, M Santos, JM Burns & DP Costa. 2016. Regional variability in diving physiology and behavior of a widely distributed air-breathing marine predator, the South American sea lion Otaria byronia. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219: 2320-2330. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.138677

  • Hindell MA, CR McMahon, MN Bester, L Boehme, DP Costa, MA Fedak, C Guinet, L Herraiz-Borreguero, RG Harcourt, LA Hückstädt, KM Kovacs, C Lydersen, T McIntyre, M Muelbert, T Patterson, F Roquet, G Williams & J-B Charrassin. 2016. Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories. Ecosphere, 7(5): e01213. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1213

  • Beltran RS, Peterson SH, McHuron EA, Reichmuth C, LA Hückstädt & DP Costa. 2016. Seals and sea lions are what they eat, plus what? Determination of trophic enrichment factors for seven pinniped species. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 30: 1115-1122. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7539

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