Yann Tremblay

TL;DR: The extraordinary transequatorial postbreeding migrations of a small seabird, the sooty shearwater, obtained with miniature archival tags that log data for estimating position, dive depth, and ambient temperature reveal that shearwaters fly across the entire Pacific Ocean in a figure-eight pattern while traveling 64,037 ± 9,779 km roundtrip, the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically.

TL;DR: Improved body condition of seals in the Atlantic sector was associated with Circumpolar Deep Water upwelling regions within the Antarcticcircumpolar Current, whereas High-Salinity Shelf Waters or temperature/salinity gradients under winter pack ice were important in the Indian and Pacific sectors.

TL;DR: This work interpolated tracking data from albatrosses, penguins, boobies, sea lions, fur seals and elephant seals using six mathematical algorithms, choosing Bézier, hermite and cubic splines, in addition to a commonly used linear algorithm to interpolate data.

TL;DR: It is shown that southern elephant seals equipped with oceanographic sensors can measure ocean structure and water mass changes in regions and seasons rarely observed with traditional oceanographic platforms, enabling the establishment of a truly global ocean-observing system.

TL;DR: Combining measures of light-based longitude and SST-based latitude significantly reduces the error in location estimates for albatrosses and can provide valid latitude estimates during the equinoxes, when light- based latitude measurements are indeterminate.