Hi friends and colleagues, Our recent study was published this week in Plos One: Poor transferability of species distribution models for a pelagic predator, the grey petrel, indicates contrasting habitat preferences across ocean basins Yes, the focal species is a seabird and not a marine mammal, but for anyone interested in developing or applying species distribution models (SDMs) to marine predators this paper is very relevant. We discuss the methods, capacity, and limitations of interpolating and extrapolating SDMs between spatial regions and populations. The paper can be viewed/download here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120014 Full reference: Torres, L.G., Sutton, P.J.H., Thompson, D.R., Delord, K., Weimerskirch, H., Sagar, P.M., Sommer, E., Dilley, B.J., Ryan, P.G. & Phillips, R.A. (2015). Poor transferability of species distribution models for a pelagic predator, the grey petrel, indicates contrasting habitat preferences across ocean basins. PLoS ONE 10, e0120014. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120014 Cheers, Leigh Leigh Torres, Ph.D. Assistant Professor; Oregon Sea Grant Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine Mammal Institute Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center 2030 SE Marine Science Drive Newport, OR 97365, U.S.A 541-867-0895 http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/gemm-lab