Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve

• Sam B. Weber ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: sam.weber@exeter.ac.uk

  Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Ascension Island Government Conservation & Fisheries Department, Georgetown, Ascension Island

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1447-4082

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• Andrew J. Richardson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ascension Island Government Conservation & Fisheries Department, Georgetown, Ascension Island

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• Christopher D. H. Thompson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Marine Futures Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, National Geographic Pristine Seas, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Judith Brown,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ascension Island Government Conservation & Fisheries Department, Georgetown, Ascension Island

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• Fabio Campanella,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom, National Research Council (CNR), Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies (IRBIM), Ancona, Italy

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• Brendan J. Godley,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Nigel E. Hussey,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Windsor—Integrative Biology, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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• Jessica J. Meeuwig,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine Futures Lab, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

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• Paul Rose,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation National Geographic Pristine Seas, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Nicola Weber,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Ascension Island Government Conservation & Fisheries Department, Georgetown, Ascension Island

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• Matthew J. Witt,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

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• Annette C. Broderick

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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