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Marine ecologist, wildlife photographer, science communicator. @NSF postdoc fellow @HopkinsMarine & @NMNH. Working to conserve our natural wonders. He/him
Nov 3, 2021 12 tweets 10 min read
I am delighted to share our paper, published today in @nature, on baleen whale prey consumption and what it means for marine ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s4158… A thread 1/n We used high-resolution #biologging tags, aerial #drones, and echosounders to estimate daily and annual prey consumption on daily and annual scales for the largest species in earth’s history. In brief, we found that whales eat more than previous work predicted. 2/n