Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems
Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate change. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological Significance (AESs), which have so far not been determined at the ocean-basin scale. Here, using assemblage-level tracking of marin...
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Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate change. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological Significance (AESs), which have so far not been determined at the ocean-basin scale. Here, using assemblage-level tracking of marine predators, we identify AESs for this globally important region and assess current threats and protection levels. Integration of more than 4,000 tracks from 17 bird and mammal species reveals AESs around sub-Antarctic islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and over the Antarctic continental shelf. Fishing pressure is disproportionately concentrated inside AESs, and climate change over the next century is predicted to impose pressure on these areas, particularly around the Antarctic continent. At present, 7.1% of the ocean south of 40°S is under formal protection, including 29% of the total AESs. The establishment and regular revision of networks of protection that encompass AESs are needed to provide long-term mitigation of growing pressures on Southern Ocean ecosystems. |
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Hindell, Mark A. Reisinger, Ryan R. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Hückstädt, Luis A. Trathan, Philip N. Bornemann, Horst Charrassin, Jean-Benoît Chown, Steven L. Costa, Daniel P. Danis, Bruno Lea, Mary-Anne Thompson, David Torres, Leigh G. Van de Putte, Anton P. Alderman, Rachael Andrews-Goff, Virginia Arthur, Ben Ballard, Grant Bengtson, John Bester, Marthán N. Schytte Blix, Arnoldus Boehme, Lars Bost, Charles-André Boveng, Peter Cleeland, Jaimie Constantine, Rochelle Corney, Stuart Crawford, Robert J.M. Dalla Rosa, Luciano de Bruyn, P.J. Nico Delord, Karine Descamps, Sébastien Double, Mike Emmerson, Louise Fedak, Mike Friedlaender, Ari Gales, Nick Goebel, Mike Goetz, Kimberly T. Guinet, Christophe Goldsworthy, Simon D. Harcourt, Rob Hinke, Jefferson T. Jerosch, Kerstin Kato, Akiko Kerry, Knowles R. Kirkwood, Roger Kooyman, Gerald L. Kovacs, Kit M. Lawton, Kieran |
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Hindell, Mark A. Reisinger, Ryan R. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Hückstädt, Luis A. Trathan, Philip N. Bornemann, Horst Charrassin, Jean-Benoît Chown, Steven L. Costa, Daniel P. Danis, Bruno Lea, Mary-Anne Thompson, David Torres, Leigh G. Van de Putte, Anton P. Alderman, Rachael Andrews-Goff, Virginia Arthur, Ben Ballard, Grant Bengtson, John Bester, Marthán N. Schytte Blix, Arnoldus Boehme, Lars Bost, Charles-André Boveng, Peter Cleeland, Jaimie Constantine, Rochelle Corney, Stuart Crawford, Robert J.M. Dalla Rosa, Luciano de Bruyn, P.J. Nico Delord, Karine Descamps, Sébastien Double, Mike Emmerson, Louise Fedak, Mike Friedlaender, Ari Gales, Nick Goebel, Mike Goetz, Kimberly T. Guinet, Christophe Goldsworthy, Simon D. Harcourt, Rob Hinke, Jefferson T. Jerosch, Kerstin Kato, Akiko Kerry, Knowles R. Kirkwood, Roger Kooyman, Gerald L. Kovacs, Kit M. Lawton, Kieran |
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:527270 2023-05-15T13:41:45+02:00 Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems Hindell, Mark A. Reisinger, Ryan R. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Hückstädt, Luis A. Trathan, Philip N. Bornemann, Horst Charrassin, Jean-Benoît Chown, Steven L. Costa, Daniel P. Danis, Bruno Lea, Mary-Anne Thompson, David Torres, Leigh G. Van de Putte, Anton P. Alderman, Rachael Andrews-Goff, Virginia Arthur, Ben Ballard, Grant Bengtson, John Bester, Marthán N. Schytte Blix, Arnoldus Boehme, Lars Bost, Charles-André Boveng, Peter Cleeland, Jaimie Constantine, Rochelle Corney, Stuart Crawford, Robert J.M. Dalla Rosa, Luciano de Bruyn, P.J. Nico Delord, Karine Descamps, Sébastien Double, Mike Emmerson, Louise Fedak, Mike Friedlaender, Ari Gales, Nick Goebel, Mike Goetz, Kimberly T. Guinet, Christophe Goldsworthy, Simon D. Harcourt, Rob Hinke, Jefferson T. Jerosch, Kerstin Kato, Akiko Kerry, Knowles R. Kirkwood, Roger Kooyman, Gerald L. Kovacs, Kit M. Lawton, Kieran 2020-03-18 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/527270/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2126-y unknown Nature Research Hindell, Mark A.; Reisinger, Ryan R.; Ropert-Coudert, Yan; Hückstädt, Luis A.; Trathan, Philip N. orcid:0000-0001-6673-9930 Bornemann, Horst; Charrassin, Jean-Benoît; Chown, Steven L.; Costa, Daniel P.; Danis, Bruno; Lea, Mary-Anne; Thompson, David; Torres, Leigh G.; Van de Putte, Anton P.; Alderman, Rachael; Andrews-Goff, Virginia; Arthur, Ben; Ballard, Grant; Bengtson, John; Bester, Marthán N.; Schytte Blix, Arnoldus; Boehme, Lars; Bost, Charles-André; Boveng, Peter; Cleeland, Jaimie; Constantine, Rochelle; Corney, Stuart; Crawford, Robert J.M.; Dalla Rosa, Luciano; de Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Delord, Karine; Descamps, Sébastien; Double, Mike; Emmerson, Louise; Fedak, Mike; Friedlaender, Ari; Gales, Nick; Goebel, Mike; Goetz, Kimberly T.; Guinet, Christophe; Goldsworthy, Simon D.; Harcourt, Rob; Hinke, Jefferson T.; Jerosch, Kerstin; Kato, Akiko; Kerry, Knowles R.; Kirkwood, Roger; Kooyman, Gerald L.; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lawton, Kieran; Lowther, Andrew D.; Lydersen, Christian; Lyver, Phil O'B.; Makhado, Azwianewi B.; Márquez, Maria E.I.; McDonald, Birgitte I.; McMahon, Clive R.; Muelbert, Monica; Nachtsheim, Dominik; Nicholls, Keith W. orcid:0000-0002-2188-4509 Nordøy, Erling S.; Olmastroni, Silvia; Phillips, Richard A.; Pistorius, Pierre; Plötz, Joachim; Pütz, Klemens; Ratcliffe, Norman orcid:0000-0002-3375-2431 Ryan, Peter G.; Santos, Mercedes; Southwell, Colin; Staniland, Iain orcid:0000-0003-2736-9134 Takahashi, Akinori; Tarroux, Arnaud; Trivelpiece, Wayne; Wakefield, Ewan; Weimerskirch, Henri; Wienecke, Barbara; Xavier, Jose C. orcid:0000-0002-9621-6660 Wotherspoon, Simon; Jonsen, Ian D.; Raymond, Ben. 2020 Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems. Nature, 580 (7801). 87-92. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2020 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2126-y 2023-02-04T19:50:24Z Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate change. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological Significance (AESs), which have so far not been determined at the ocean-basin scale. Here, using assemblage-level tracking of marine predators, we identify AESs for this globally important region and assess current threats and protection levels. Integration of more than 4,000 tracks from 17 bird and mammal species reveals AESs around sub-Antarctic islands in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and over the Antarctic continental shelf. Fishing pressure is disproportionately concentrated inside AESs, and climate change over the next century is predicted to impose pressure on these areas, particularly around the Antarctic continent. At present, 7.1% of the ocean south of 40°S is under formal protection, including 29% of the total AESs. The establishment and regular revision of networks of protection that encompass AESs are needed to provide long-term mitigation of growing pressures on Southern Ocean ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic Southern Ocean The Antarctic Indian Nature 580 7801 87 92 |