Prof Mike Fedak

Prof Mike Fedak

Emeritus Professor

Professor

Phone
+44 (0)1334 46 3218
Email
maf3@st-andrews.ac.uk

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Research areas

Ecology, physiology and life history of marine mammals.


Interactions between the foraging behaviour and diving physiology: Interactions between foraging ecology and reproductive success; parental investment; interactions between marine mammals and the exploitation of marine resources; use of telemetry and remote sensing to study marine mammals at sea.

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Walker, M. J., Costa, D. P., Kirkman, S. P., Hoskins, A. J., Oosthuizen, W. H., Kotze, D., Fedak, M. A. & Arnould, J. P. Y., 30 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Frontiers in Physiology. 17, p. 1-16 16 p., 1755942.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    McMahon, C. R., Roquet, F., Guinet, C., Hindell, M. A., Harcourt, R., Charrassin, J.-B., Labrousse, S., Jonsen, I., Picard, B., Bestley, S., Doriot, V. & Fedak, M., 29 May 2025, In: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 13, 1, p. 2-23 23 p., 00071.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Bamford, C. C. G., Fenney, N., Coleman, J., Fox-Clarke, C., Dickens, J., Fedak, M., Fretwell, P., Hückstädt, L. & Hollyman, P., 1 Nov 2025, In: Communications Biology. 8, 1, 7 p., 1493.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Pagniello, C. M. L. S., Castleton, M. R., Carlisle, A. B., Chapple, T. K., Schallert, R. J., Fedak, M. & Block, B. A., 15 Jun 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 13 p., 13837.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Adachi, T., Lovell, P., Turnbull, J., Fedak, M., Picard, B., Guinet, C., Biuw, M., Keates, T. R., Holser, R. R., Costa, D. P., Crocker, D. E. & Miller, P. J., 7 Jun 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 6, p. 1457-1474 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Boyd, I. L., Ambom, T. A. & Fedak, M. A., 1 Jul 2022, Elephant seals: population ecology, behavior, and physiology. Le Beouf, B. J. & Laws, R. M. (eds.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, p. 98-117 20 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Open access
    McMahon, C. R., Roquet, F., Baudel, S., Belbeoch, M., Bestley, S., Blight, C., Boehme, L., Carse, F., Costa, D. P., Fedak, M. A., Guinet, C., Harcourt, R., Heslop, E., Hindell, M. A., Hoenner, X., Holland, K., Holland, M., Jaine, F. R. A., Jeanniard du Dot, T. & Jonsen, I. & 25 others, Keates, T. R., Kovacs, K. M., Labrousse, S., Lovell, P., Lydersen, C., March, D., Mazloff, M., McKinzie, M. K., Muelbert, M. M. C., O’Brien, K., Phillips, L., Portela, E., Pye, J., Rintoul, S., Sato, K., Sequeira, A. M. M., Simmons, S. E., Tsontos, V. M., Turpin, V., van Wijk, E., Vo, D., Wege, M., Whoriskey, F. G., Wilson, K. & Woodward, B., 5 Nov 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 21 p., 751840.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Sequeira, A. M. M., O’Toole, M., Keates, T. R., McDonnell, L. H., Braun, C. D., Hoenner, X., Jaine, F. R. A., Jonsen, I. D., Newman, P., Pye, J., Bograd, S. J., Hays, G. C., Hazen, E. L., Holland, M., Tsontos, V., Blight, C., Cagnacci, F., Davidson, S. C., Dettki, H. & Duarte, C. M. & 22 others, Dunn, D. C., Eguíluz, V. M., Fedak, M., Gleiss, A. C., Hammerschlag, N., Hindell, M. A., Holland, K., Janekovic, I., McKinzie, M. K., Muelbert, M. M. C., Pattiaratchi, C., Rutz, C., Sims, D. W., Simmons, S. E., Townsend, B., Whoriskey, F., Woodward, B., Costa, D. P., Heupel, M. R., McMahon, C. R., Harcourt, R. & Weise, M., Jun 2021, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 6, p. 996-1007

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    Handley, J. M., Pearmain, E. J., Oppel, S., Carneiro, A. P. B., Hazin, C., Phillips, R. A., Ratcliffe, N., Staniland, I. J., Clay, T. A., Hall, J., Scheffer, A., Fedak, M., Boehme, L., Pütz, K., Belchier, M., Boyd, I. L., Trathan, P. N. & Dias, M. P., 14 Apr 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Diversity and Distributions. Early View, 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fedak, M. A., Arnbom, T. A., McConnell, B. J., Chambers, C., Boyd, I. L., Harwood, J. .. & McCann, T. S., 12 Oct 2020, Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology . Le Boeuf, B. J. & Laws, R. M. (eds.). reprint ed. University of California Press, p. 354-373

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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