Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters
Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the...
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ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:49400 2023-07-30T04:05:45+02:00 Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters Wynn, R.B. Josey, S.A. Martin, A.P. Johns, D.G. Yesou, P. 2007-10-22 https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/49400/ http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/p074211474031964/ unknown Wynn, R.B., Josey, S.A., Martin, A.P., Johns, D.G. and Yesou, P. (2007) Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters. Biology Letters, 3 (5), 529-532. (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162>). Article PeerReviewed 2007 ftsouthampton https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 2023-07-09T20:54:11Z Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in northeast Atlantic waters. A 0.6°C sea surface temperature increase in the mid-1990s is interpreted as an underlying controlling factor, while simultaneous northward shifts of plankton and prey fish species suggests a strong bottom-up control. Our results have important conservation implications and provide new evidence for climate-driven regime shift in Atlantic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton Biology Letters 3 5 529 532 |
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Global climate change is driving rapid distribution shifts in marine ecosystems; these are well established for lower trophic levels, but are harder to quantify for migratory top predators. By analysing a 25-year sightings-based dataset, we found evidence for rapid northwards range expansion of the critically endangered Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus in northeast Atlantic waters. A 0.6°C sea surface temperature increase in the mid-1990s is interpreted as an underlying controlling factor, while simultaneous northward shifts of plankton and prey fish species suggests a strong bottom-up control. Our results have important conservation implications and provide new evidence for climate-driven regime shift in Atlantic ecosystems. |
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Wynn, R.B. Josey, S.A. Martin, A.P. Johns, D.G. Yesou, P. |
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Wynn, R.B. Josey, S.A. Martin, A.P. Johns, D.G. Yesou, P. Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Wynn, R.B. Josey, S.A. Martin, A.P. Johns, D.G. Yesou, P. |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters |
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climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast atlantic waters |
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Wynn, R.B., Josey, S.A., Martin, A.P., Johns, D.G. and Yesou, P. (2007) Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters. Biology Letters, 3 (5), 529-532. (doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162>). |
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