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Linking animal-borne video to accelerometers reveals prey capture variability by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Takahashi, Akinori

“…Understanding foraging is important in ecology, as it determines the energy gains and, ultimately, the fitness of animals. However, monitoring prey captures of…”
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Thermal sensitivity of metabolic rate mirrors biogeographic differences between teleosts and elasmobranchs by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Payne, Nicholas L.

“…Environmental temperature affects physiological functions, representing a barrier for the range expansions of ectothermic species. To understand the link…”
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Flight mode affects allometry of migration range in birds by Watanabe, Yuuki Y.

“…Billions of birds migrate to exploit seasonally available resources. The ranges of migration vary greatly among species, but the underlying mechanisms are…”
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Swimming strategies and energetics of endothermic white sharks during foraging by Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Payne, Nicholas L, Semmens, Jayson M, Fox, Andrew, Huveneers, Charlie

“…Some fishes and sea turtles are distinct from ectotherms by having elevated core body temperatures and metabolic rates. Quantifying the energetics and activity…”
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Author Correction: Thermal sensitivity of metabolic rate mirrors biogeographic differences between teleosts and elasmobranchs by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Payne, Nicholas L.

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Testing optimal foraging theory in a penguin–krill system by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Ito, Motohiro, Takahashi, Akinori

“…Food is heterogeneously distributed in nature, and understanding how animals search for and exploit food patches is a fundamental challenge in ecology. The…”
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Drivers of Daily Routines in an Ectothermic Marine Predator: Hunt Warm, Rest Warmer? by Papastamatiou, Yannis P, Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Bradley, Darcy, Dee, Laura E, Weng, Kevin, Lowe, Christopher G, Caselle, Jennifer E

“…Animal daily routines represent a compromise between maximizing foraging success and optimizing physiological performance, while minimizing the risk of…”
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Ultrahigh foraging rates of Baikal seals make tiny endemic amphipods profitable in Lake Baikal by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Baranov, Eugene A., Miyazaki, Nobuyuki

“…Understanding what, how, and how often apex predators hunt is important due to their disproportionately large effects on ecosystems. In Lake Baikal with rich…”
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Accelerometer-based analyses of animal sleep patterns by Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Rutz, Christian

“…Body-motion sensors can be used to study non-invasively how animals sleep in the wild, opening up exciting opportunities for comparative analyses across…”
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Biologging and Biotelemetry: Tools for Understanding the Lives and Environments of Marine Animals by Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Papastamatiou, Yannis P

“…Addressing important questions in animal ecology, physiology, and environmental science often requires in situ information from wild animals. This difficulty…”
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Analysis of animal accelerometer data using hidden Markov models by Leos‐Barajas, Vianey, Photopoulou, Theoni, Langrock, Roland, Patterson, Toby A., Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Murgatroyd, Megan, Papastamatiou, Yannis P., O'Hara, Robert B.

“…Summary Use of accelerometers is now widespread within animal biologging as they provide a means of measuring an animal's activity in a meaningful and…”
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A first look at the metabolic rate of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) in the Canadian Arctic by Ste-Marie, Eric, Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Semmens, Jayson M., Marcoux, Marianne, Hussey, Nigel E.

“…Metabolic rate is intricately linked to the ecology of organisms and can provide a framework to study the behaviour, life history, population dynamics, and…”
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Comparative analyses of animal-tracking data reveal ecological significance of endothermy in fishes by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Goldman, Kenneth J., Caselle, Jennifer E., Chapman, Demian D., Papastamatiou, Yannis P.

“…Despite long evolutionary separations, several sharks and tunas share the ability to maintain slow-twitch, aerobic red muscle (RM) warmer than ambient water…”
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Distribution, body size and biology of the megamouth shark Megachasma pelagios by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Papastamatiou, Yannis P.

“…We compiled historical reports of megamouth sharks Megachasma pelagios (mostly fishery by‐catch and strandings) from 1976 to 2018 (n = 117) and found that they…”
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Inter‐colony foraging area segregation quantified in small colonies of Adélie Penguins by Ito, Kentaro, Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Kokubun, Nobuo, Takahashi, Akinori

“…Theoretical models on the movement of colonial animals predict that neighbouring colonies may segregate their foraging areas, and many seabird studies have…”
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The slowest fish: Swim speed and tail-beat frequency of Greenland sharks by Watanabe, Yuuki Y., Lydersen, Christian, Fisk, Aaron T., Kovacs, Kit M.

“…Locomotory muscle function of ectothermic fishes is generally depressed in cold waters, making them vulnerable to avian and mammalian predators whose body…”
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Foraging behavior links sea ice to breeding success in Antarctic penguins by Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Ito, Kentaro, Kokubun, Nobuo, Takahashi, Akinori

“…Population trends and breeding success variability of Adélie penguins, a bioindicator of Antarctic environments, have been attributed to changing sea-ice…”
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Optimal swimming strategies and behavioral plasticity of oceanic whitetip sharks by Papastamatiou, Yannis P., Iosilevskii, Gil, Leos-Barajas, Vianey, Brooks, Edd J., Howey, Lucy A., Chapman, Demian D., Watanabe, Yuuki Y.

“…Animal behavior should optimize the difference between the energy they gain from prey and the energy they spend searching for prey. This is all the more…”
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Great hammerhead sharks swim on their side to reduce transport costs by Payne, Nicholas L., Iosilevskii, Gil, Barnett, Adam, Fischer, Chris, Graham, Rachel T., Gleiss, Adrian C., Watanabe, Yuuki Y.

“…Animals exhibit various physiological and behavioural strategies for minimizing travel costs. Fins of aquatic animals play key roles in efficient travel and,…”
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From physiology to physics: are we recognizing the flexibility of biologging tools? by Payne, Nicholas L, Taylor, Matthew D, Watanabe, Yuuki Y, Semmens, Jayson M

“…The remote measurement of data from free-ranging animals has been termed 'biologging' and in recent years this relatively small set of tools has been…”
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