Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean
8 pages International audience Although world oceans have been warming over the past 50 years, the impact on biotic components is poorly understood because of the difficulty of obtaining long-term datasets on marine organisms. The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in global climate and there is g...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-00189806v1 2024-02-27T08:35:24+00:00 Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean Barbraud, Christophe Guinet, Christophe Inchausti, Pablo Weimerskirch, Henri Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2003 https://hal.science/hal-00189806 en eng HAL CCSD hal-00189806 https://hal.science/hal-00189806 antartic science https://hal.science/hal-00189806 antartic science, 2003, 15 (2), pp.249-256 Antarctic global warming seabirds sea-ice seals sub-Antarctic [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2003 ftccsdartic 2024-01-28T03:16:57Z 8 pages International audience Although world oceans have been warming over the past 50 years, the impact on biotic components is poorly understood because of the difficulty of obtaining long-term datasets on marine organisms. The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in global climate and there is growing evidence of climate warming. We show that air temperatures measured by meteorological stations have steadily increased over the past 50 years in the southern Indian Ocean, the increase starting in mid 1960s and stabilizing in mid 1980s, being particularly important in the sub-Antarctic sector. At the same time, with a time lag of 2–9 years with temperatures, the population size of most seabirds and seals monitored on several breeding sites have decreased severely, whilst two species have increased at the same time. These changes, together with indications of a simultaneous decrease in secondary production in sub-Antarctic waters and the reduction of sea-ice extent further south, indicate that a major system shift has occurred in the Indian Ocean part of the Southern Ocean. This shift illustrates the high sensitivity of marine ecosystems, and especially upper trophic level predators, to climatic changes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Sea ice Southern Ocean Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Antarctic Southern Ocean Indian |
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Antarctic global warming seabirds sea-ice seals sub-Antarctic [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environment and Society Barbraud, Christophe Guinet, Christophe Inchausti, Pablo Weimerskirch, Henri Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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8 pages International audience Although world oceans have been warming over the past 50 years, the impact on biotic components is poorly understood because of the difficulty of obtaining long-term datasets on marine organisms. The Southern Ocean plays a critical role in global climate and there is growing evidence of climate warming. We show that air temperatures measured by meteorological stations have steadily increased over the past 50 years in the southern Indian Ocean, the increase starting in mid 1960s and stabilizing in mid 1980s, being particularly important in the sub-Antarctic sector. At the same time, with a time lag of 2–9 years with temperatures, the population size of most seabirds and seals monitored on several breeding sites have decreased severely, whilst two species have increased at the same time. These changes, together with indications of a simultaneous decrease in secondary production in sub-Antarctic waters and the reduction of sea-ice extent further south, indicate that a major system shift has occurred in the Indian Ocean part of the Southern Ocean. This shift illustrates the high sensitivity of marine ecosystems, and especially upper trophic level predators, to climatic changes. |
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Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Barbraud, Christophe Guinet, Christophe Inchausti, Pablo Weimerskirch, Henri |
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Barbraud, Christophe Guinet, Christophe Inchausti, Pablo Weimerskirch, Henri |
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Barbraud, Christophe |
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Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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Trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the Southern Ocean |
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trends in bird and seal populations as indicators of a system shift in the southern ocean |
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Antarc* Antarctic Sea ice Southern Ocean |
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antartic science https://hal.science/hal-00189806 antartic science, 2003, 15 (2), pp.249-256 |
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