Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem
An abundance of studies in marine systems have documented species range shifts in response to climate change, and many more have used species distribution models to project species ranges under future conditions. However, there is increasing interest in moving beyond a single‐species focus to unders...
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crwiley:10.1111/ecog.06084 2024-10-06T13:46:28+00:00 Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem Goodman, Maurice C. Carroll, Gemma Brodie, Stephanie Grüss, Arnaud Thorson, James T. Kotwicki, Stan Holsman, Kirstin Selden, Rebecca L. Hazen, Elliott L. De Leo, Giulio A. 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06084 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ecog.06084 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/ecog.06084 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Ecography volume 2022, issue 9 ISSN 0906-7590 1600-0587 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06084 2024-09-11T04:16:01Z An abundance of studies in marine systems have documented species range shifts in response to climate change, and many more have used species distribution models to project species ranges under future conditions. However, there is increasing interest in moving beyond a single‐species focus to understand how species redistribution alters ecosystem dynamics via changes in trophic interactions. We employed spatiotemporal models to characterize decadal‐scale changes in spatial overlap between the distribution of juvenile walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus and the distributions of four of its groundfish predators: arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias , Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus , Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis and adult walleye pollock. These fishes represent ecologically and commercially important species in a rapidly changing sub‐Arctic ecosystem, the eastern Bering Sea, Alaska, USA. We then examined whether changes in spatial overlap corresponded to changes in predation, using spatiotemporal models of predator stomach contents. We found marked shifts in spatial overlap between juvenile pollock and two predators (arrowtooth flounder and Pacific halibut) over 34 years, with changes in overlap corresponding to increases in population‐scale predation pressure. By contrast, we did not find clear relationships between spatial overlap and predation for Pacific cod and adult pollock, the two predators for which juvenile pollock constitute a much smaller diet proportion. Our findings highlight the complexity of predicting predation dynamics for generalist marine species and suggest a need for better process‐based methods for understanding the potential future ecological impacts of coupled species range shifts. However, simple metrics of spatial overlap between relatively specialized predators and their prey offer promise as a means to integrate predictions from species distribution models into ecosystem‐based fisheries management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Bering Sea Climate change Alaska Wiley Online Library Arctic Bering Sea Pacific Ecography 2022 9 |
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An abundance of studies in marine systems have documented species range shifts in response to climate change, and many more have used species distribution models to project species ranges under future conditions. However, there is increasing interest in moving beyond a single‐species focus to understand how species redistribution alters ecosystem dynamics via changes in trophic interactions. We employed spatiotemporal models to characterize decadal‐scale changes in spatial overlap between the distribution of juvenile walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus and the distributions of four of its groundfish predators: arrowtooth flounder Atheresthes stomias , Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus , Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis and adult walleye pollock. These fishes represent ecologically and commercially important species in a rapidly changing sub‐Arctic ecosystem, the eastern Bering Sea, Alaska, USA. We then examined whether changes in spatial overlap corresponded to changes in predation, using spatiotemporal models of predator stomach contents. We found marked shifts in spatial overlap between juvenile pollock and two predators (arrowtooth flounder and Pacific halibut) over 34 years, with changes in overlap corresponding to increases in population‐scale predation pressure. By contrast, we did not find clear relationships between spatial overlap and predation for Pacific cod and adult pollock, the two predators for which juvenile pollock constitute a much smaller diet proportion. Our findings highlight the complexity of predicting predation dynamics for generalist marine species and suggest a need for better process‐based methods for understanding the potential future ecological impacts of coupled species range shifts. However, simple metrics of spatial overlap between relatively specialized predators and their prey offer promise as a means to integrate predictions from species distribution models into ecosystem‐based fisheries management. |
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Goodman, Maurice C. Carroll, Gemma Brodie, Stephanie Grüss, Arnaud Thorson, James T. Kotwicki, Stan Holsman, Kirstin Selden, Rebecca L. Hazen, Elliott L. De Leo, Giulio A. |
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Goodman, Maurice C. Carroll, Gemma Brodie, Stephanie Grüss, Arnaud Thorson, James T. Kotwicki, Stan Holsman, Kirstin Selden, Rebecca L. Hazen, Elliott L. De Leo, Giulio A. Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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Goodman, Maurice C. Carroll, Gemma Brodie, Stephanie Grüss, Arnaud Thorson, James T. Kotwicki, Stan Holsman, Kirstin Selden, Rebecca L. Hazen, Elliott L. De Leo, Giulio A. |
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Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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Shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐Arctic ecosystem |
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shifting fish distributions impact predation intensity in a sub‐arctic ecosystem |
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