Jorgensen, Salvador J.Anderson, ScotFerretti, FrancescoTietz, James R.Chapple, TaylorKanive, PaulBradley, Russell W.Moxley, Jerry H.Block, Barbara A.2019-07-032019-07-032019-04Jorgensen, Salvador J., Scot Anderson, Francesco Ferretti, James R. Tietz, Taylor Chapple, Paul Kanive, Russell W. Bradley, Jerry H. Moxley, and Barbara A. Block. "Killer whales redistribute white shark foraging pressure on seals." Scientific Reports 9 (April 2019): 1-9. DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-39356-2.2045-2322https://scholarworks.montana.edu/handle/1/15512Predatory behavior and top-down effects in marine ecosystems are well-described, however, intraguild interactions among co-occurring marine top predators remain less understood, but can have far reaching ecological implications. Killer whales and white sharks are prominent upper trophic level predators with highly-overlapping niches, yet their ecological interactions and subsequent effects have remained obscure. Using long-term electronic tagging and survey data we reveal rare and cryptic interactions between these predators at a shared foraging site, Southeast Farallon Island (SEFI). In multiple instances, brief visits from killer whales displaced white sharks from SEFI, disrupting shark feeding behavior for extended periods at this aggregation site. As a result, annual predations of pinnipeds by white sharks at SEFI were negatively correlated with close encounters with killer whales. Tagged white sharks relocated to other aggregation sites, creating detectable increases in white shark density at Ano Nuevo Island. This work highlights the importance of risk effects and intraguild relationships among top ocean predators and the value of long-term data sets revealing these consequential, albeit infrequent, ecological interactions.CC BY: This license lets you distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon this work, even commercially, as long as you credit the original creator for this work. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcodeArticle