Niche segregation mechanisms in marine apex predators inhabiting dynamic environments

The JUVENA survey was funded by the ‘Viceconsejeria de Agricultura, Pesca y Politicas Alimentarias ‐ Departamento de Desarrollo Economico y Sostenibilidad y Medio Ambiente’ of the Basque Government, the ‘Secretaria General de Pesca, Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentacion y Medio Ambiente’ of the Spanish Government and by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO). This research was funded by the Spanish Government (Ministry of Science and Innovation) through the CHALLENGES (CTM2013‐47032‐R) and the EPELECO (RTI2018‐101591‐B‐I00) projects, the Basque Government (‘Viceconsejeria de Agricultura, Pesca y Politicas Alimentarias ‐ Departamento de Desarrollo Economico, Sostenibilidad y Medio Ambiente’) through the ECOPES project as well as the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission (Contract No. 862428, Atlantic Mission: Mapping and assessing present and future status of Atlantic marine ecosystems under climate change and exploitation). A.A. has benefited from a Basque Government scholarship (PRE_2016_1_0134) and M.L. from Ramon y Cajal funding (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion, RYC‐2012‐09897). Special thanks are given to the crew on board R/V Emma Bardan and R/V Ramon Margalef and all the AZTI and Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) staff who participated in JUVENA surveys for their excellent job and collaborative support. This paper received contribution no 1013 from AZTI, Marine Research, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA).