Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters
Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 2024-06-02T08:11:55+00:00 Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters Wynn, Russell B Josey, Simon A Martin, Adrian P Johns, David G Yésou, Pierre 2007 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Biology Letters volume 3, issue 5, page 529-532 ISSN 1744-9561 1744-957X journal-article 2007 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 2024-05-07T14:16:56Z Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in northeast Atlantic waters. A 0.6°C sea surface temperature increase in the mid-1990s is interpreted as an underlying controlling factor, while simultaneous northward shifts of plankton and prey fish species suggests a strong bottom-up control. Our results have important conservation implications and provide new evidence for climate-driven regime shift in Atlantic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic The Royal Society Biology Letters 3 5 529 532 |
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Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in northeast Atlantic waters. A 0.6°C sea surface temperature increase in the mid-1990s is interpreted as an underlying controlling factor, while simultaneous northward shifts of plankton and prey fish species suggests a strong bottom-up control. Our results have important conservation implications and provide new evidence for climate-driven regime shift in Atlantic ecosystems. |
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Wynn, Russell B Josey, Simon A Martin, Adrian P Johns, David G Yésou, Pierre Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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