Pollution, habitat loss, fishing and climate change as critical threats to penguins

• Main Authors: Trathan, Phil N., Garcia Borboroglu, Jorge Pablo, Boersma, P. Dee, Bost, Charles André, Crawford, Robert J. M., Crossin, Glenn T., Cuthbert, Richard, Dann, Peter, Davis, Lloyd Spencer, de la Puente, Santiago, Ellenberg, Ursula, Lynch, Heather J., Mattern, Thomas, Pütz, Klemens, Seddon, Philip J., Trivelpiece, Wayne, Wienecke, Bárbara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Conservation Biology
• Subjects: bycatch; habitat degradation; marine pollution; overfishing; resource competition; switch; captura accesoria; competencia por recursos; contaminación marina; degradación de hábitat; sobrepesca; Conservación de la Biodiversidad; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Alta; Antarctic; Argentina; Crawford; Dee; Fuerte; Lynch; Pablo; Pingüino; Seddon; Antarc*; antartic*; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/22668

Cumulative human impacts across the world’s oceans are considerable. We therefore examined a single model taxonomic group, the penguins (Spheniscidae), to explore how marine species and communities might be at risk of decline or extinction in the southern hemisphere. We sought to determine the most...