Additive effects of climate and fisheries drive ongoing declines in multiple albatross species

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
• Main Authors: Pardo, Deborah, Forcada, Jaume, Wood, Andrew G., Tuck, Geoff N., Ireland, Louise, Pradel, Roger, Croxall, John P., Phillips, Richard A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: National Academy of Sciences 2017
• Subjects: PNAS Plus; Bird Island; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5740610/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29158390; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1618819114

Three high-conservation priority populations were studied: the wandering, grey-headed, and black-browed albatrosses from Bird Island, South Georgia. They represent 12–50% of global numbers and have declined by 40–60% in 35 years. As temperatures and environmental stochasticity increase, polar specie...