Colin D. MacLeod

TL;DR: A framework for assessing which cetacean species' ranges are likely to change as a result of increases in water temperature and whether they will expand, shift poleward or contract based on their current distributions is provided.

TL;DR: The relationship between cephalopod stock dynamics and environmental conditions is of two main types: those concerning the geographic distribution of abundance, for which the mechanism is often unknown, and those relating to biological processes such as egg survival, growth, recruitment and migration, where mechanisms are sometimes known and in a very few cases demonstrated by experimental evidence as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated whether ocean warming around north-west Scotland since 1981 has been associated with changes in the local cetacean community and found that the relative frequency of stranding of white-beaked dolphins, a colder water species, has declined while strandings of common dolphin, a warmer water species has increased.

TL;DR: Stomach samples of three beaked whale genera primarily contained cephalopod and fish remains, although some also contained crustaceans, which suggests that Mesoplodon occupies a separate dietary niche from Hyperoodon and Ziphius, which may be an example of niche segregation.

TL;DR: This work has reviewed the known distribution of each beaked whale species and where possible, used this in formation to infer its global distribution and serves to highlight gaps in knowledge.