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Ari S. Friedlaender is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in earth and planetary sciences. Their research explores various aspects of marine ecosystems, ecology, and atmospheric and oceanographic sciences.

The main fields of study for Friedlaender include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, they have worked extensively on subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Oceanography
  • Developmental Biology
  • Aerospace Engineering

Their research covers diverse topics, particularly focused on marine environments and related scientific inquiries:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Friedlaender has published research in several scientific journals and venues. Some frequently appearing publication venues include:

  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Animal Biotelemetry

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Friedlaender cover topics such as marine predator tracking, baleen whale foraging, and ecosystem assessments in polar regions. These include:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements, 2021, Nature
  • Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by filter-feeding megafauna, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Animal-Borne Metrics Enable Acoustic Detection of Blue Whale Migration, 2020, Current Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Friedlaender include:

  • Jeremy A. Goldbogen
  • David E. Cade
  • John Calambokidis
  • David W. Johnston
  • James A. Fahlbusch

Best Publications

  • Key Questions in Marine Megafauna Movement Ecology

    Graeme C. Hays;Luciana C. Ferreira;Luciana C. Ferreira;Ana M.M. Sequeira;Mark G. Meekan

  • Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

    Graeme C. Hays;Helen Bailey;Steven J. Bograd;W. Don Bowen

  • Whale distribution in relation to prey abundance and oceanographic processes in shelf waters of the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Ari S. Friedlaender;Patrick N. Halpin;Song S. Qian;Gareth L. Lawson

  • First direct measurements of behavioural responses by Cuvier's beaked whales to mid-frequency active sonar

    Stacy L. DeRuiter;Brandon L. Southall;Brandon L. Southall;John Calambokidis;Walter M. X. Zimmer

  • Blue whales respond to simulated mid-frequency military sonar.

    Jeremy A. Goldbogen;Brandon L. Southall;Stacy L. DeRuiter;John Calambokidis

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Integrative Approaches to the Study of Baleen Whale Diving Behavior, Feeding Performance, and Foraging Ecology

    Jeremy A. Goldbogen;Ari S. Friedlaender;John Calambokidis;Megan F. McKenna

  • Antarctic Futures: An Assessment of Climate-Driven Changes in Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Service Provisioning in the Southern Ocean.

    A D Rogers;B A V Frinault;D K A Barnes;N L Bindoff

  • Underwater components of humpback whale bubble-net feeding behaviour

    David N Wiley;Colin Ware;Alessandro Bocconcelli;Danielle Cholewiak

  • Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Ari S. Friedlaender;Patrick N. Halpin;Elliott L. Hazen;Elliott L. Hazen

  • Fine-scale prey aggregations and foraging ecology of humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae

    Elliott L. Hazen;Ari S. Friedlaender;Michael A. Thompson;Colin R. Ware

  • How Baleen Whales Feed: The Biomechanics of Engulfment and Filtration.

    Goldbogen Ja;Cade De;Calambokidis J;Friedlaender As

  • Diel changes in humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae feeding behavior in response to sand lance Ammodytes spp. behavior and distribution

    Ari S. Friedlaender;Elliott L. Hazen;Douglas P. Nowacek;Patrick N. Halpin

  • Baleen whale prey consumption based on high-resolution foraging measurements.

    Matthew S. Savoca;Max F. Czapanskiy;Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport;William T. Gough

  • Studying cetacean behaviour: new technological approaches and conservation applications

    Douglas P. Nowacek;Fredrik Christiansen;Lars Bejder;Jeremy A. Goldbogen

  • Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) optimize foraging efficiency by balancing oxygen use and energy gain as a function of prey density

    Elliott Lee Hazen;Ari Seth Friedlaender;Jeremy Arthur Goldbogen

  • Ecological niche modeling of sympatric krill predators around Marguerite Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Ari S. Friedlaender;David W. Johnston;William R. Fraser;Jennifer Burns

  • Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour

    Hannah B. Blair;Nathan D. Merchant;Ari S. Friedlaender;David N. Wiley

  • Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: Research priorities and opportunities

    Sian F. Henley;Oscar M. Schofield;Katharine R. Hendry;Irene Ruth Schloss

  • Why whales are big but not bigger: Physiological drivers and ecological limits in the age of ocean giants.

    J. A. Goldbogen;D. E. Cade;D. M. Wisniewska;J. Potvin

  • Kinematic Diversity in Rorqual Whale Feeding Mechanisms

    David E. Cade;Ari S. Friedlaender;John Calambokidis;Jeremy A. Goldbogen

  • Evidence of resource partitioning between humpback and minke whales around the western Antarctic Peninsula

    Ari S. Friedlaender;Gareth L. Lawson;Patrick N. Halpin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy A. Goldbogen
Jeremy A. Goldbogen Stanford University
Elliott L. Hazen
Elliott L. Hazen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
John Calambokidis
John Calambokidis Washington University in St. Louis
Brandon L. Southall
Brandon L. Southall University of California, Santa Cruz
Douglas P. Nowacek
Douglas P. Nowacek Duke University
Andrew J. Read
Andrew J. Read Duke University
Patrick N. Halpin
Patrick N. Halpin Duke University
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Peter L. Tyack
Peter L. Tyack University of St Andrews
Colin Ware
Colin Ware University of New Hampshire

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