Prof Mike Fedak

Emeritus Professor

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3218

Email

maf3@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

Ecology, physiology and life history of marine mammals.

Interactions between the foraging behaviour and diving physiology: Interactions between foraging ecology and reproductive success; parental investment; interactions between marine mammals and the exploitation of marine resources; use of telemetry and remote sensing to study marine mammals at sea.

Selected publications

• Open access

  Aquatic and terrestrial heart rates in fur seals: evidence for delayed metabolic processing

  Walker, M. J., Costa, D. P., Kirkman, S. P., Hoskins, A. J., Oosthuizen, W. H., Kotze, D., Fedak, M. A. & Arnould, J. P. Y., 30 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Physiology. 17, p. 1-16 16 p., 1755942.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  An enduring, 20-year, multidisciplinary seal-borne ocean sensor research collaboration in the Southern Ocean

  McMahon, C. R., Roquet, F., Guinet, C., Hindell, M. A., Harcourt, R., Charrassin, J.-B., Labrousse, S., Jonsen, I., Picard, B., Bestley, S., Doriot, V. & Fedak, M., 29 May 2025, In: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 13, 1, p. 2-23 23 p., 00071.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV) associated with major southern elephant seal decline at South Georgia

  Bamford, C. C. G., Fenney, N., Coleman, J., Fox-Clarke, C., Dickens, J., Fedak, M., Fretwell, P., Hückstädt, L. & Hollyman, P., 1 Nov 2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 7 p., 1493.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Novel CTD tag establishes shark fins as ocean observing platforms

  Pagniello, C. M. L. S., Castleton, M. R., Carlisle, A. B., Chapple, T. K., Schallert, R. J., Fedak, M. & Block, B. A., 15 Jun 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 13 p., 13837.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Body condition changes at sea: onboard calculation and telemetry of body density in diving animals

  Adachi, T., Lovell, P., Turnbull, J., Fedak, M., Picard, B., Guinet, C., Biuw, M., Keates, T. R., Holser, R. R., Costa, D. P., Crocker, D. E. & Miller, P. J., 7 Jun 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 6, p. 1457-1474 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Biomass and energy consumption of the south Georgia population of southern elephant seals

  Boyd, I. L., Ambom, T. A. & Fedak, M. A., 1 Jul 2022, Elephant seals: population ecology, behavior, and physiology. Le Beouf, B. J. & Laws, R. M. (eds.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, p. 98-117 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Animal Borne Ocean Sensors – AniBOS – an essential component of the Global Ocean Observing System

  McMahon, C. R., Roquet, F., Baudel, S., Belbeoch, M., Bestley, S., Blight, C., Boehme, L., Carse, F., Costa, D. P., Fedak, M. A., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R., Heslop, E., Hindell, M. A., Hoenner, X., Holland, K., Holland, M., Jaine, F. R. A., Jeanniard du Dot, T. & Jonsen, I. & 25 others, Keates, T. R., Kovacs, K. M., Labrousse, S., Lovell, P., Lydersen, C., March, D., Mazloff, M., McKinzie, M. K., Muelbert, M. M. C., O’Brien, K., Phillips, L., Portela, E., Pye, J., Rintoul, S., Sato, K., Sequeira, A. M. M., Simmons, S. E., Tsontos, V. M., Turpin, V., van Wijk, E., Vo, D., Wege, M., Whoriskey, F. G., Wilson, K. & Woodward, B., 5 Nov 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 21 p., 751840.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A standardisation framework for bio-logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

  Sequeira, A. M. M., O’Toole, M., Keates, T. R., McDonnell, L. H., Braun, C. D., Hoenner, X., Jaine, F. R. A., Jonsen, I. D., Newman, P., Pye, J., Bograd, S. J., Hays, G. C., Hazen, E. L., Holland, M., Tsontos, V., Blight, C., Cagnacci, F., Davidson, S. C., Dettki, H. & Duarte, C. M. & 22 others, Dunn, D. C., Eguíluz, V. M., Fedak, M., Gleiss, A. C., Hammerschlag, N., Hindell, M. A., Holland, K., Janekovic, I., McKinzie, M. K., Muelbert, M. M. C., Pattiaratchi, C., Rutz, C., Sims, D. W., Simmons, S. E., Townsend, B., Whoriskey, F., Woodward, B., Costa, D. P., Heupel, M. R., McMahon, C. R., Harcourt, R. & Weise, M., Jun 2021, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 6, p. 996-1007

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi-use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators

  Handley, J. M., Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Carneiro, A. P. B., Hazin, C., Phillips, R. A., Ratcliffe, N., Staniland, I. J., Clay, T. A., Hall, J., Scheffer, A., Fedak, M., Boehme, L., Pütz, K., Belchier, M., Boyd, I. L., Trathan, P. N. & Dias, M. P., 14 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Diversity and Distributions. Early View, 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Expenditure, investment, and acquisition of energy in southern elephant seals

  Fedak, M. A., Arnbom, T. A., McConnell, B. J., Chambers, C., Boyd, I. L., Harwood, J. .. & McCann, T. S., 12 Oct 2020, Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology . Le Boeuf, B. J. & Laws, R. M. (eds.). reprint ed. University of California Press, p. 354-373

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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