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Mary-Anne Lea is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on marine ecosystems and species. Their research encompasses subfields such as Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work primarily revolves around topics including Marine animal studies overview, Avian ecology and behavior, Marine and fisheries research, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Mary-Anne Lea has published multiple papers in notable venues including Ecology and Evolution, Nature, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, Marine Mammal Science, and Scientific Reports.

Among recent publications are:

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems, 2020, Nature
  • Defining Southern Ocean fronts and their influence on biological and physical processes in a changing climate, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • When large marine predators feed on fisheries catches: Global patterns of the depredation conflict and directions for coexistence, 2020, Fish and Fisheries
  • Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, 2022, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project, 2020, Scientific Data

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Mark A. Hindell
  • Simon Wotherspoon
  • Rachael Alderman
  • Clive R. McMahon
  • Ben Raymond

Best Publications

  • Continuous-time correlated random walk model for animal telemetry data.

    Devin S. Johnson;Joshua M. London;Mary-Anne Lea;John W. Durban

  • Climate change and Southern Ocean ecosystems I: how changes in physical habitats directly affect marine biota

    Andrew J. Constable;Andrew J. Constable;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Jessica Melbourne-Thomas;Stuart P. Corney;Kevin R. Arrigo

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

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

  • Defining Southern Ocean fronts and their influence on biological and physical processes in a changing climate

    Christopher C. Chapman;Mary-Anne Lea;Amelie Meyer;Amelie Meyer;Jean‐Baptiste Sallée

  • Spatial distribution of foraging in female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in relation to oceanographic variables: a scale-dependent approach using geographic information systems

    Christophe Guinet;Laurent Dubroca;Marie-Anne Lea;Simon D. Goldsworthy

  • Commercial Fishing Patterns Influence Odontocete Whale-Longline Interactions in the Southern Ocean

    Paul Tixier;Paul Burch;Gaetan Richard;Gaetan Richard;Karin Olsson;Karin Olsson

  • Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole: a review of the MEOP Consortium

    Anne Treasure;Anne Treasure;Fabien Roquet;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Marthán N. Bester

  • Important marine habitat off east Antarctica revealed by two decades of multi‐species predator tracking

    Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond;Mary Anne Lea;Toby Patterson;Virginia Andrews-Goff;Virginia Andrews-Goff

  • Antarctic fur seals foraging in the Polar Frontal Zone: inter-annual shifts in diet as shown from fecal and fatty acid analyses

    Marie-Anne Lea;Yves Cherel;Christophe Guinet;Peter D. Nichols

  • Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

    K Evans;MA Lea;TA Patterson

  • The importance of sample size in marine megafauna tagging studies

    Ana M. M. Sequeira;M. R. Heupel;M. A. Lea;Víctor M. Eguíluz

  • Fatty acid composition of lipid-rich myctophids and mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) - Southern ocean food-web implications

    Mary-Anne Lea;Peter D. Nichols;Gareth Wilson

  • Optimised scat collection protocols for dietary DNA metabarcoding in vertebrates

    Julie C. McInnes;Julie C. McInnes;Rachael Alderman;Bruce E. Deagle;Mary-Anne Lea

  • Convergence of marine megafauna movement patterns in coastal and open oceans

    A. M. M. Sequeira;J. P. Rodríguez;V. M. Eguíluz;R. Harcourt

  • Impacts of climatic anomalies on provisioning strategies of a Southern Ocean predator

    Mary-Anne Lea;Christophe Guinet;Yves Cherel;Guy Duhamel

  • When large marine predators feed on fisheries catches: Global patterns of the depredation conflict and directions for coexistence

    Paul Tixier;Paul Tixier;Mary‐Anne Lea;Mark A. Hindell;Dirk Welsford

  • Confusion reigns? A review of marine megafauna interactions with tidal-stream environments

    Steven Benjamins;Andrew C. Dale;Gordon Hastie;James J. Waggitt

  • Foraging ground fidelity and route-choice tactics of a marine predator: the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella

    Francesco Bonadonna;Marie-Anne Lea;Olivier Dehorter;Christophe Guinet

  • High occurrence of jellyfish predation by black‐browed and Campbell albatross identified by DNA metabarcoding

    Julie C. McInnes;Julie C. McInnes;Rachael Alderman;Mary Anne Lea;Ben Raymond;Ben Raymond

  • Overhauling Ocean Spatial Planning to Improve Marine Megafauna Conservation

    Ana Micaela Martins Sequeira;Graeme Clive Hays;David W. Sims;Víctor M. Eguíluz

  • Return customers : foraging site fidelity and the effect of environmental variability in wide-ranging Antarctic fur seals

    Benjamin Arthur;Mark Hindell;Marthan Bester;Phil Trathan

  • Variability in the diving activity of Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, at Iles Kerguelen

    Mary-Anne Lea;Mark Hindell;Christophe Guinet;Simon Goldsworthy

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania
Ben Raymond
Ben Raymond Australian Antarctic Division
Christophe Guinet
Christophe Guinet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Clive R. McMahon
Clive R. McMahon University of Tasmania
Simon D. Goldsworthy
Simon D. Goldsworthy South Australian Research and Development Institute
Daniel P. Costa
Daniel P. Costa University of California, Santa Cruz
Marthán N Bester
Marthán N Bester University of Pretoria
Robert Harcourt
Robert Harcourt Macquarie University
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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