Dr. Phil Trathan - Profile
Trathan, P.N., Forcada, J., Atkinson, R., Downie, R.H., Shears, J.R. (2008). Population assessments of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) breeding at an important Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy, Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. Biological Conservation 141: 3019-3028.
Trathan, P.N., Bishop, C., Maclean, G., Brown P., Fleming, A., Collins, M.A. (2008). Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 370: 285-294.
Forcada, J., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J. (2008). Life history buffering in Antarctic mammals and birds against changing patterns of climate and environmental variation. Global Change Biology 14: 2473-2488.
Yamamoto, T., Takahashi, A., Yoda, K., Katsumata, N., Watanabe, S., Sato, K., Trathan, P.N. (2008). The lunar cycle affects at-sea behaviour in a pelagic seabird, the streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas. Animal Behaviour 76: 1647-1652.
Barbraud, C., Weimerskirch, H., Bost, C-A., Forcada, J., Trathan, P.N., Ainley, D. (2008). Are king penguin populations threatened by Southern Ocean warming? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105: E38; author reply E39.
2007
Bishop, C., Trathan, P.N., MacLean, G., Brown, P. (2007) Novel GPS tags reveal fine-scale foraging movements of marine predators over extended time periods. Comparative biochemistry and physiology A - Molecular and integrative physiology 146: S86-S86 33 Suppl. S.
Cresswell, K.A., Tarling, G.A., Trathan, P.N. (2007). Weight loss during breeding is adaptive for female macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 1053-1076.
Hoffman, J.I., Forcada, J., Trathan, P.N., Amos, W. (2007) Female fur seals show active choice for males that are heterozygous and unrelated. Nature 445: 912-914.
Murphy, E.J., Trathan, P.N., Watkins, J.L., Reid, K, Meredith, M.P., Forcada, J., Thorpe, S.E., Johnston, N.M., Rothery, P. (2007) Climatically driven fluctuations in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Source: Proc. Roy. Soc. B 274: 3057-3067.
Murphy, E.J., Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Meredith, M.P., Thorpe, S.E., Johnston, N.M., Clarke, A., Tarling, G.A., Collins, M.A., Forcada, J., Shreeve, R.S., Atkinson, A., Korb, R., Whitehouse, M.J., Ward, P., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Hill, S.L., Staniland, I.J., Pond, D.W., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Phil. Tran. Roy. Soc. B 362:113-148.
Nicol, S., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N., Gales, N., Murphy E.J. (2007) Paradigm misplaced? Antarctic marine ecosystems are affected by climate change as well as biological processes and harvesting. Antarct. Sci. 19 (3): 291-295
Rey, A.R., Trathan, P.N., Schiavini, A. (2007) Inter-annual variation in provisioning behaviour of southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome at Staten Island, Argentina. Ibis 149: 826-835.
Rey, A.R., Trathan, P.N., Pütz, K., Schiavini, A. (2007) Effect of oceanographic conditions on the winter movements of rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome from Staten Island, Argentina. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 330: 285-295.
Sato, K., Watanuki, Y., Takahashi, A., Miller, P.J.O., Tanaka, H., Kawabe, R., Ponganis, P.J., Handrich, Y., Akamatsu, T., Watanabe, Y., Mitani, Y., Costa, D.P., Bost, C.A., Aoki, K., Amano, M., Trathan, P.N., Shapiro, A., Naito, Y. (2007) Stroke frequency, but not swimming speed, is related to body size in free-ranging seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 274: 471-477.
Trathan, P.N., Forcada J., Murphy E.J. (2007) Environmental Forcing and Southern Ocean marine predator populations: effects of climate change and variability. Phil. Tran. Roy. Soc. 362: 2351-2365.
2006
Forcada, J., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Murphy, E.J., Croxall, J.P. (2006) Contrasting population changes in sympatric penguin species in association with climate warming. Global Change Biology 12: 411-423.
Green, C.J., Trathan, P.N., Preston, M. (2006) A new automated logging gateway to study the demographics of Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) at Bird Island, South Georgia: Testing the reliability of the system using radio telemetry. Polar Biology 29: 1003-1010.
Hill, S.L., Murphy, E.J., Reid, K., Trathan, P.N., Constable, A.J. (2006) Modelling Southern Ocean ecosystems: krill, the food-web, and the impacts of harvesting. Biological Reviews 81: 581-608.
Hoffman, J.I., Trathan, P.N., Amos, W. (2006) Genetic tagging reveals extreme site fidelity in territorial male Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazelle. Molecular Ecology 15: 3841-3847.
Leaper, R., Cooke, J., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Rowntree, V., Payne, R. (2006) Global climate drives southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) population dynamics. Biology Letters 2: 289-292, doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0431.
Poncet S., Robertson G., Phillips R.A., Lawton K., Phalan B., Trathan P.N., Croxall J.P. (2006) Status and distribution of wandering, black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses breeding at South Georgia. Polar Biology 29: 772-781.
Reid, K., Murphy, E.J., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N. (2006) Population dynamics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at South Georgia - sampling with predators provides new insights In: Boyd, I.L., Wanless, S., Camphuysen, C.J. (Eds.), Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems, Cambridge University Press.
Staniland, I.J., Trathan, P.N., Martin, A.R. (2006) Consequences of prey distribution for the foraging behaviour of top predators In: Boyd, I.L., Wanless, S., Camphuysen, C.J. (Eds.), Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems, Cambridge University Press.
Trathan, P.N., Green, C., Tanton, J., Peat, H., Poncet, J., Morton A. (2006) Foraging dynamics of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chryolophus at South Georgia during brood-guard. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 323: 239-251.
Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E. J., Forcada, J., Croxall, J. P., Reid, K., Thorpe, S.E. (2006) Physical forcing in the southwest Atlantic: ecosystem control. In: Boyd, I.L., Wanless, S., Camphuysen, C.J. (Eds.), Top Predators in Marine Ecosystems, Cambridge University Press.
Warren N.L., Trathan P.N., Forcada J., Fleming A., Jessopp M.J. (2006) Distribution of post-weaning Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazelle pups at South Georgia. Polar Biology, 29: 179-188.
2005
Forcada, J., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Murphy, E.J. (2005) The effects of global climate variability in pup production of Antarctic fur seals. Ecology, 86: 2408-2417.
Meredith, M.P., Brandon, M.A., Murphy, E.J., Trathan, P.N., Thorpe, S.E., Bone, D.G., Chernyshkov, P.P., Sushin, V.A. (2004) Variability in hydrographic conditions to the east and northwest of South Georgia, 1996-2001. J. Mar. Syst. ,53: 143- 167.
2004
Brandon, M.A., Naganobu, M., Demer, D.A., Chernyshkov, P., Trathan, P.N., Thorpe, S.E., Kameda, T., Berezhinskiy, O.A., Hawker, E.J., Grant, S. (2004) Physical oceanography in the Scotia Sea during the CCAMLR 2000 survey, austral summer 2000. Deep-Sea Res. Part II, 51: 1301-1321.
Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N. (2004) The Southern Ocean: a model system for conserving resources? (In Glover, L.K. & Earle, S.A., eds. Defying Ocean's End: an agenda for action. Washington D.C., Island Press, pp 69-87.
Hewitt, R.P., Watkins, J.L., Naganobu, M., Sushin, V., Brierley, A.S., Demer, D., Kasatkina, S., Takao, Y., Goss, C., Malyshko, A., Brandon, M.A., Kawaguchi, S., Siegel, V., Trathan, P.N., Emery, J., Everson, I., Miller, D.G. (2004) Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield. Deep-Sea. Res. Part II. 51: 1215-1236.
Hewitt, R.P., Watters, G., Trathan, P.N., Croxall, J.P., Goebel, M.E., Ramm, D., Reid, K., Trivelpiece, W.Z., Watkins, J.L. (2004) Options for allocating the precautionary catch limit of krill among small-scale management units in the Scotia Sea. CCAMLR Sci. 11: 81-97.
Jessopp, M.J., Forcada, J., Reid, K., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J. (2004) Winter dispersal of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) environmental factors influencing demographics and seasonal abundance. J. Zool., 263: 251-258.
Murphy, E.J., Watkins, J.L., Meredith, M.P., Ward, P., Trathan P.N., Thorpe, S.E. (2004) Southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current Front to the northeast of South Georgia: Horizontal advection of krill and its role in the ecosystem. J. Geophys. Res., 109: art. no. C01029.
Nevitt, G., Reid, K., Trathan, P.N. (2004) Testing olfactory foraging strategies in an Antarctic seabird Assemblage. J. Exp. Biol. 207: 3537-3544.
Tanton, J.L., Reid, K., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N. (2004) Winter distribution and behaviour of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua at South Georgia. Polar Biol., 27: 299-303.
Takahashi, A., Sato, K., Naito, Y., Dunn, M.J., Trathan, P.N., Croxall, J.P. (2004) Penguin-mounted cameras glimpse underwater group behaviour. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B., 271: S281-S282.
Trathan, P.N. (2004) Image analysis of color aerial photography to estimate penguin population size. Wildlife Soc. Bull., 32: 332-343.
Trathan, P.N., Croxall, J.P. (2004) Marine predators at South Georgia: an overview of recent bio-logging studies. Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research. 58: 118-132.
Waluda, C.M., Trathan, P.N., Rodhouse, P.G. (2004) Synchronicity in southern hemisphere squid stocks and the influence of the Southern Oscillation and Trans Polar Index. Fish. Oceanog., 13: 255-266.
Xavier, J.C., Trathan, P.N., Croxall, J.P., Wood, A.G., Podesta, G., Rodhouse, P.G. (2004) Foraging ecology and interactions with fisheries of wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) breeding at South Georgia. Fish. Oceanog., 13: 324-344.
2003
Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J. (2003) Adélie penguins and environmental change – Response. Science, 300: 429-430.
Takahashi, A., Dunn, M.J., Trathan, P.N., Sato, K., Naito, Y., Croxall, J.P. (2003) Foraging strategies of chinstrap penguins at Signy Island, Antarctica: importance of benthic feeding on Antarctic krill. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 250: 279-289.
Trathan, P.N., Brierley, A.S., Brandon, M.A., Bone, D.G., Goss, C., Grant, S.A., Murphy, E.J., Watkins, J.L. (2003) Oceanographic variability and changes in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) abundance at South Georgia. Fish. Oceanog.,12: 569-583.
Xavier, J.C., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N., Rodhouse, P.G. (2003) Inter-annual variation in the cephalopod component of the diet of the wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans breeding at Bird Island, South Georgia. Mar. Biol., 142: 611-622.
Xavier, J.C., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N., Wood, A.G. (2003) Feeding strategies and diets of breeding grey-headed and wandering albatrosses at South Georgia. Mar. Biol., 143: 221-232.
2002
Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J. (2002) Environmental change and Antarctic seabird populations. Science, 297: 1510-1514.
Lynnes, A.S., Reid, K., Croxall, J.P., Trathan, P.N. (2002) Conflict or co-existence? Foraging distribution and competition for prey between Adélie and chinstrap penguins. Mar. Biol., 141: 1165-1174.
Trathan, P.N., Murphy, E.J. (2002) Sea surface temperature anomalies near South Georgia: Relationships with the pacific El Niño regions. J. Geophys. Res., 108: art. no. 8075.
Waluda, C.M., Trathan, P.N., Elvidge, C.D., Hobson, V.R., Rodhouse, P.G. (2002) Throwing light on straddling stocks of Illex argentinus: assessing fishing intensity with satellite imagery. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 59: 592-596.
2001
Rodhouse, P. G. K., Elvidge, C. and Trathan, P. N. (2001) Remote sensing of the global light-fishing fleet: an analysis of interactions with oceanography, other fisheries and predators. Advances in Marine Biology, 39: 261-303
Trathan, P. N., Watkins, J. L., Murray. A. W. A., Hewitt, R. P., Naganobu, M., Sushin, V., Brierley, A. S., Demer, D., Everson, I., Goss, C., Hedley, S., Katsakina, S., Kawaguchi, S., Kim, S., Pauly, T., Priddle, J., Reid, K. and Ward, P. (2001). The CCAMLR-2000 krill synoptic survey; a description of the rationale and design. CCAMLR Science 8: 1-24
Waluda, C. M., Rodhouse, P. G., Trathan, P. N. and Pierce, G. J. (2001) Remotely sensed mesoscale oceanography and distribution of Illex argentinus: in the South Atlantic. Fish. Oceanog. 10: 207-216
Waluda, C. M., Rodhouse, P. G., Podestá, G. P., Trathan, P. N. and Pierce, G. J. (2001) Surface oceanography of the inferred hatching grounds of Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) and influences on recruitment variability. Mar. Biol. 139: 671-679
2000
Brandon, M. A., Murphy, E. J., Trathan, P. N. and Bone, D. G. (2000). Physical oceanographic conditions to the northwest of the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. J. Geophys. Res. 105: 23983-23996
Trathan, P. N., Brandon, M. A., Murphy, E. J. and Thorpe, S. E. (2000). Transport and structure within the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to the north of South Georgia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27: 1727-1730
1999
Brandon, M. A., Murphy, E. J., Whitehouse, M. J., Trathan, P. N., Murray. A. W. A, Bone, D. G. and Priddle, J. (1999) The shelf break front to the east of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Cont. Shelf Res. 19: 799-819
Trathan, P. N., Kalinowski, J., Everson, I. (1999) Status of the Polish FIBEX acoustic data from the West Atlantic. CCAMLR Science 6: 125-132
Walluda C. M., Trathan, P. N. and Rodhouse, P. G. (1999) Influence of oceanographic variability on recruitment in the Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) fishery in the South Atlantic. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 183: 159-167
Xavier, J. C., Rodhouse, P. G. K., Trathan, P. N. and Wood, A. G. (1999) A Geographical Information System (GIS) Atlas of squid distribution in the Southern Ocean. Antarct. Sci. 11: 61-62
1998
Murphy, E. J., Watkins, J. L., Reid, K., Trathan, P. N., Everson, I., Croxall, J. P., Priddle, J., Brandon, M. A., Brierley, A. S. and Hofmann, E. H. (1998) Interannual variability of the South Georgia marine ecosystem: biological and physical sources of variation in the abundance of krill. Fish. Oceanog. 7: 381-390
North. A. W., White, M. G and Trathan, P. N. (1998) Interannual variability in the early growth rate and size of the Antarctic fish Gobionotothen gibberifrons (Lonnberg) Antarctic. Sci. 10: 416-422
Prince, P. A., Croxall, J. P., Trathan, P. N. and Wood, A. G. (1998) The pelagic distribution of South Georgia albatrosses and their relationships with fisheries, in Albatross Biology and Conservation, edited by G. Robertson, and Gales, R., Surrey Beatty and Sons, Chipping Norton, Australia, 137-167
Trathan, P. N., Everson, I., Murphy, E. J. and Parkes, G. (1998) Analysis of haul data from the South Georgia krill fishery. CCAMLR Science 5: 9-30
Trathan, P. N., Murphy, E. J., Croxall, J. P. and Everson, I. (1998) Use of at-sea distribution data to derive potential foraging ranges of macaroni penguins during the breeding season. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 169: 263-275
1997
Gonzalez, A. F., Trathan, P. N., Yao, C. and Rodhouse, P. G. K. (1997) Interactions between oceanography, ecology and fishery biology of the ommastrephid squid Martialia hyadesi in the South Atlantic. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 152: 205-215
Murphy, E. J., Trathan, P. N., Everson, I., Daunt, F. H. J. and Parks, G. (1997) Krill fishing distribution around South Georgia. CCAMLR Science 4: 1-18
Trathan, P. N., Brandon, M. A. and Murphy, E. J. (1997) Characterisation of the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone to the north of South Georgia in summer 1994. J. Geophys. Res. 102: C5 10483-10497
1996
Hill, H. J., Trathan, P. N., Croxall, J. P. and Watkins, J. L. (1996) A comparison of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, caught by nets and by macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus: evidence for selection? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 140: 1-11
Reid, K., Trathan, P. N. Croxall, J. P. and Hill, H. J. (1996) Krill caught by predators and nets: differences between species and techniques. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 140: 13-20
Rodhouse, P. G. K., Prince, P. A., Trathan, P. N., Hatfield, E. M. C., Watkins, J. L., Bone, D. G., Murphy, E. J. and White, M. G. (1996) Cephalopod community associated with mesoscale oceanographic features at the Antarctic Polar Front exploited by satellite tagged predators. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 136: 37-50
Trathan, P. N., Croxall, J. P. and Murphy, E. J. (1996) Dynamics of Antarctic penguin populations in relation to the inter-annual variability in sea-ice distribution. Polar Biology 16: 321-330
Ward, P., Shreeve, R. S., Cripps, G. C. and Trathan, P. N. (1996) Mesoscale distribution and population dynamics of Rhincalanus gigas and Calanus simillimus in the Antarctic Polar Open Ocean and Polar Frontal Zone during summer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 140 21-32
Whitehouse, M. J., Priddle, J., Trathan, P. N. and Brandon, M. A. (1996) Substantial open-ocean phytoplankton blooms to the north of South Georgia, South Atlantic, during summer 1994. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 140: 187-197
1995
Trathan, P. N. and Everson, I. (1995) Status of the FIBEX acoustic data from the West Atlantic. CCAMLR Science 1: 35-48
Trathan, P. N., Everson, I., Miller, D. G. M., Watkins, J. L. and Murphy, E. J. (1995) Krill biomass in the Atlantic. Nature 367: 201-202
1994
Thorley, M. R. and Trathan, P. N. (1994) The BIOMASS dataset documentation. British Antarctic Survey. ISBN 0 85665 159 1
1993
Hunt, G. L., Croxall, J. P. and Trathan, P. N. (1993) Marine Ornithology in the southern Drake Passage and Bransfield Strait during the BIOMASS programme in El-Sayed SZ (ed.) Southern Ocean Ecology: The BIOMASS Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Priddle, J., Thorley, M. R. and Trathan, P. N. (1993) The potential contributions of the BIOMASS programme to global change research, especially to the JGOFS core project of IGBP in El-Sayed SZ (ed.) Southern Ocean Ecology: The BIOMASS Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Thorley, M. R. and Trathan, P. N. (1993) The history of the BIOMASS Data Centre and lessons learned during its lifetime in El-Sayed SZ (ed.) Southern Ocean Ecology: The BIOMASS Perspective, Cambridge University Press.
Trathan, P. N., Agnew, D., Miller, D. G. M., Watkins, J. L., Everson, I., Thorley, M. R., Murphy, E. J., Murray, A. W. A. and Goss, C. (1993a) Krill Biomass in Area 48 and Area 58: Recalculation of FIBEX Data. SC-CAMLR-SSP/9 WG-KRILL-92/20: 157-181
Trathan, P. N., Murphy, E. J., Symon, C. J. and Rodhouse, P.G. K. (1993b) Ecological and oceanographic relationships in the Southern Ocean. GIS Europe 2: 34-36
Trathan, P. N., Priddle, J., Watkins, J. L., Miller, D. G. M. and Murray, A. W. A. (1993c) Spatial variability of Antarctic krill in relation to mesoscale hydrography. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 98: 61-71
Pre 1993
Gliddon, C. J. and Trathan, P. N. (1985) Interactions between white clover and perennial ryegrass in an old permanent pasture in Haeck, J. and Woldendorp, J.W. (eds.) Phenotypic and genotypic variation in plant populations.
Trathan, P. N. (1983) Clonal interactions of Lolium perenne and Trifolium repens in an old permanent pasture. PhD Thesis, University of Wales.