Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change.
Climate change is affecting species distributions in space and time. In the Gulf of Maine, one of the fastest-warming marine regions on Earth, rapid warming has caused prey-related changes in the distribution of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Concurrently...
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ftpubmed:35859111 2024-09-15T18:05:10+00:00 Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change. O'Brien, O Pendleton, D E Ganley, L C McKenna, K R Kenney, R D Quintana-Rizzo, E Mayo, C A Kraus, S D Redfern, J V 2022-07-20 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16200-8 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35859111 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9300694/ eng eng Nature Publishing Group https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16200-8 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35859111 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9300694/ © 2022. The Author(s). Sci Rep ISSN:2045-2322 Volume:12 Issue:1 Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16200-8 2024-09-01T16:02:00Z Climate change is affecting species distributions in space and time. In the Gulf of Maine, one of the fastest-warming marine regions on Earth, rapid warming has caused prey-related changes in the distribution of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Concurrently, right whales have returned to historically important areas such as southern New England shelf waters, an area known to have been a whaling ground. We compared aerial survey data from two time periods (2013-2015; 2017-2019) to assess trends in right whale abundance in the region during winter and spring. Using distance sampling techniques, we chose a hazard rate key function to model right whale detections and used seasonal encounter rates to estimate abundance. The mean log of abundance increased by 1.40 annually between 2013 and 2019 (p = 0.004), and the mean number of individuals detected per year increased by 2.23 annually between 2013 and 2019 (R2 = 0.69, p = 0.001). These results demonstrate the current importance of this habitat and suggest that management options must continually evolve as right whales repatriate historical habitats and potentially expand to new habitats as they adapt to climate change. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale PubMed Central (PMC) Scientific Reports 12 1 |
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Climate change is affecting species distributions in space and time. In the Gulf of Maine, one of the fastest-warming marine regions on Earth, rapid warming has caused prey-related changes in the distribution of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Concurrently, right whales have returned to historically important areas such as southern New England shelf waters, an area known to have been a whaling ground. We compared aerial survey data from two time periods (2013-2015; 2017-2019) to assess trends in right whale abundance in the region during winter and spring. Using distance sampling techniques, we chose a hazard rate key function to model right whale detections and used seasonal encounter rates to estimate abundance. The mean log of abundance increased by 1.40 annually between 2013 and 2019 (p = 0.004), and the mean number of individuals detected per year increased by 2.23 annually between 2013 and 2019 (R2 = 0.69, p = 0.001). These results demonstrate the current importance of this habitat and suggest that management options must continually evolve as right whales repatriate historical habitats and potentially expand to new habitats as they adapt to climate change. |
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O'Brien, O Pendleton, D E Ganley, L C McKenna, K R Kenney, R D Quintana-Rizzo, E Mayo, C A Kraus, S D Redfern, J V Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change. |
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O'Brien, O Pendleton, D E Ganley, L C McKenna, K R Kenney, R D Quintana-Rizzo, E Mayo, C A Kraus, S D Redfern, J V |
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Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change. |
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Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change. |
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Repatriation of a historical North Atlantic right whale habitat during an era of rapid climate change. |
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