Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic

• Published in: Diversity and Distributions
• Main Authors: Yurkowski, David J., Auger‐Méthé, Marie, Mallory, Mark L., Wong, Sarah N. P., Gilchrist, Grant, Derocher, Andrew E., Richardson, Evan, Lunn, Nicholas J., Hussey, Nigel E., Marcoux, Marianne, Togunov, Ron R., Fisk, Aaron T., Harwood, Lois A., Dietz, Rune, Rosing‐Asvid, Aqqalu, Born, Erik W., Mosbech, Anders, Fort, Jérôme, Grémillet, David, Loseto, Lisa, Richard, Pierre R., Iacozza, John, Jean‐Gagnon, Frankie, Brown, Tanya M., Westdal, Kristin H., Orr, Jack, LeBlanc, Bernard, Hedges, Kevin J., Treble, Margaret A., Kessel, Steven T., Blanchfield, Paul J., Davis, Shanti, Maftei, Mark, Spencer, Nora, McFarlane‐Tranquilla, Laura, Montevecchi, William A., Bartzen, Blake, Dickson, Lynne, Anderson, Christine, Ferguson, Steven H.
• Other Authors: Beger, Maria, Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor, Fisheries Joint Management Committee, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, W. Garfield Weston Foundation, Aarhus Universitet, Pew Charitable Trusts, Quark Expeditions, Environment and Climate Change Canada, ArcticNet, University of Alberta, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Pinngortitaleriffik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Hudson Bay; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Amundsen Gulf; Baffin; Chukchi; Climate change; Davis Strait; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12860; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fddi.12860; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ddi.12860

Abstract Aim Climate change is altering marine ecosystems worldwide and is most pronounced in the Arctic. Economic development is increasing leading to more disturbances and pressures on Arctic wildlife. Identifying areas that support higher levels of predator abundance and biodiversity is important...