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

  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

• 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

  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

  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

• Open access

  The Retrospective Analysis of Antarctic Tracking Data from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research

  Ropert-Coudert, Y., Van de Putte, A. P., Reisinger, R. R., Bornemann, H., Charrassin, J-B., Costa, D. P., Danis, B., Hückstädt, L. A., Jonsen, I. D., Lea, M-A., Thompson, D., Torres, L. G., Trathan, P. N., Wotherspoon, S., Ainley, D. G., Alderman, R., Andrews-Goff, V., Arthur, B., Ballard, G., Bengtson, J., & 60 others Bester, M. N., Blix, A. S., Boehme, L., Bost, C-A., Boveng, P., Cleeland, J., Constantine, R., Crawford, R. J. M., Dalla Rosa, L., Nico de Bruyn, P. J., Delord, K., Descamps, S., Double, M., Emmerson, L., Fedak, M., Friedlaender, A., Gales, N., Goebel, M., Goetz, K. T., Guinet, C., Goldsworthy, S. D., Harcourt, R., Hinke, J. T., Jerosch, K., Kato, A., Kerry, K. R., Kirkwood, R., Kooyman, G. L., Kovacs, K. M., Lawton, K., Lowther, A. D., Lydersen, C., Lyver, P. OB., Makhado, A. B., Márquez, M. E. I., McDonald, B. I., McMahon, C. R., Muelbert, M., Nachtsheim, D., Nicholls, K. W., Nordøy, E. S., Olmastroni, S., Phillips, R. A., Pistorius, P., Plötz, J., Pütz, K., Ratcliffe, N., Ryan, P. G., Santos, M., Southwell, C., Staniland, I., Takahashi, A., Tarroux, A., Trivelpiece, W., Wakefield, E., Weimerskirch, H., Wienecke, B., Xavier, J. C., Raymond, B. & Hindell, M. A., 18 Mar 2020, In: Scientific Data. 7, 11 p., 94.

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

• Open access

  Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

  Hindell, M. A., Reisinger, R. R., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Hückstädt, L. A., Trathan, P. N., Bornemann, H., Charrassin, J-B., Chown, S. L., Costa, D. P., Danis, B., Lea, M-A., Thompson, D., Torres, L. G., Van de Putte, A. P., Alderman, R., Andrews-Goff, V., Arthur, B., Ballard, G., Bengtson, J., Bester, M. N., & 61 others Blix, A. S., Boehme, L., Bost, C-A., Boveng, P., Cleeland, J., Constantine, R., Corney, S., Crawford, R. J. M., Dalla Rosa, L., de Bruyn, P. J. N., Delord, K., Descamps, S., Double, M., Emmerson, L., Fedak, M., Friedlaender, A., Gales, N., Goebel, M. E., Goetz, K. T., Guinet, C., Goldsworthy, S. D., Harcourt, R., Hinke, J. T., Jerosch, K., Kato, A., Kerry, K. R., Kirkwood, R., Kooyman, G. L., Kovacs, K. M., Lawton, K., Lowther, A. D., Lydersen, C., Lyver, P. OB., Makhado, A. B., Márquez, M. E. I., McDonald, B. I., McMahon, C. R., Muelbert, M., Nachtsheim, D., Nicholls, K. W., Nordøy, E. S., Olmastroni, S., Phillips, R. A., Pistorius, P., Plötz, J., Pütz, K., Ratcliffe, N., Ryan, P. G., Santos, M., Southwell, C., Staniland, I., Takahashi, A., Tarroux, A., Trivelpiece, W., Wakefield, E., Weimerskirch, H., Wienecke, B., Xavier, J. C., Wotherspoon, S., Jonsen, I. D. & Raymond, B., 2 Apr 2020, In: Nature. 580, 7801, p. 87-92 22 p.

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

• Open access

  Animal-borne telemetry: an integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

  Harcourt, R., Martins Sequeira, A. M., Zhang, X., Rouquet, F., Komatsu, K., Heupel, M., McMahon, C. R., Whoriskey, F. G., Meekan, M., Carroll, G., Brodie, S., Simpfendorfer, C., Hindell, M. A., Jonsen, I. D., Costa, D. P., Block, B. A., Muelbert, M. M., Woodward, B. E., Weises, M. J., Aarestrup, K., & 41 others Biuw, M., Boehme, L., Bograd, S. J., Cazau, D., Charrassin, J-B., Cooke, S., Cowley, P. D., Nico De Bruyn, P. J., Du Dot, T. J., Duarte, C. M., EguÍluz, V. M., Ferreira, L., Fernández-Garcia, J., Goetz, K., Goto, Y., Guinet, C., Hammill, M., Hays, G. C., Hazen, E., Huckstadt, L., Huveneers, C., Iverson, S., Jaaman, S. A., Kittiwattanawong, K., Kovacs, K., Lydersen, C., Moltmann, T., Naruoka, M., Phillips, L., Picard, B., Queiroz, N., Reverdin, G., Sato, K., Sims, D. W., Thorstad, E. B., Thums, M., Treasure, A. M., Trites, A., Williams, G. D., Yonehara, Y. & Fedak, M. A., 26 Jun 2019, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 6, 21 p., 326.

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

• Open access

  Behavioural ontogeny of bearded seals Erignathus barbatus through the first year of life

  Hamilton, C. D., Lydersen, C., Fedak, M. A., Freitas, C., Hindell, M. A. & Kovacs, K. M., 26 Sept 2019, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 627, p. 179-194 16 p.

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

• Open access

  The importance of Southern Ocean frontal systems for the improvement of body condition in southern elephant seals

  Gordine, S. A., Fedak, M. A. & Boehme, L., Sept 2019, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, S1, p. 283-304 22 p.

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

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