A Top Predator in Hot Water: Effects of a Marine Heatwave on Foraging and Reproduction in the Northern Elephant Seal

• Main Author: Holser, Rachel Rose
• Other Authors: Costa, Daniel P
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2020
• Subjects: Ecology; Biological oceanography; Foraging ecology; Marine heatwave; Marine mammal; Pinniped; Pacific; The Blob; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Alaska
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/45j4x1ff

All organisms face resource limitations that will ultimately restrict population growth, but the controlling mechanisms vary across ecosystems, taxa, and reproductive strategies. As climate change continues to alter ecosystem processes across the globe, organisms are confronted with new challenges t...