Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales
As climate trends accelerate, ecosystems will be pushed rapidly into new states, reducing the potential efficacy of conservation strategies based on historical patterns. In the Gulf of Maine, climate-driven changes have restructured the ecosystem rapidly over the past decade. Changes in the Atlantic...
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ftissuelab:oai:harvest.issuelab.org:35245 2023-05-15T15:47:59+02:00 Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales Andrew J. Pershing Daniel E. Pendleton Jeffrey A. Runge Kimberley T.A. Davies Nicholas R. Record William M. Balch North America / North Atlantic 2019-05-05 pdf https://issuelab.org/resources/35245/35245.pdf https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/35245 eng eng Oceanography https://www.issuelab.org/resources/35245/pdf_cover_285.png https://issuelab.org/resources/35245/35245.pdf https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/35245 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Energy and Environment text 2019 ftissuelab 2022-01-09T08:54:41Z As climate trends accelerate, ecosystems will be pushed rapidly into new states, reducing the potential efficacy of conservation strategies based on historical patterns. In the Gulf of Maine, climate-driven changes have restructured the ecosystem rapidly over the past decade. Changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation have altered deepwater dynamics, driving warming rates twice as high as the fastest surface rates. This has had implications for the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, a critical food supply for the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). The oceanographic changes have driven a deviation in the seasonal foraging patterns of E. glacialis upon which conservation strategies depend, making the whales more vulnerable to ship strikes and gear entanglements. The effects of rapid climate-driven changes on a species at risk undermine current management approaches. Text Calanus finmarchicus Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale IssueLab (Nonprofit Research) |
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As climate trends accelerate, ecosystems will be pushed rapidly into new states, reducing the potential efficacy of conservation strategies based on historical patterns. In the Gulf of Maine, climate-driven changes have restructured the ecosystem rapidly over the past decade. Changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation have altered deepwater dynamics, driving warming rates twice as high as the fastest surface rates. This has had implications for the copepod Calanus finmarchicus, a critical food supply for the endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). The oceanographic changes have driven a deviation in the seasonal foraging patterns of E. glacialis upon which conservation strategies depend, making the whales more vulnerable to ship strikes and gear entanglements. The effects of rapid climate-driven changes on a species at risk undermine current management approaches. |
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Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales |
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Rapid Climate-Driven Circulation Changes Threaten Conservation of Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales |
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