What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years
There are many factors that may explain why cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) strand. Around the UK and Ireland, over 20,000 stranding records have been collected since 1913, resulting in one of the longest, continuous, systematic stranding data sets in the world. We use this data set to i...
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ftsrucpubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/21afc37d-eb6b-488e-9944-02325b12e622 2024-05-19T07:45:08+00:00 What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years Coombs, Ellen J. Deaville, Rob Sabin, Richard C. Allan, Louise O'Connell, Mick Berrow, Simon Smith, Brian Brownlow, Andrew Doeschate, Mariel Ten Penrose, Rod Williams, Ruth Perkins, Matthew W. Jepson, Paul D. Cooper, Natalie 2019-10-14 https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/21afc37d-eb6b-488e-9944-02325b12e622 https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12610 eng eng https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/publications/21afc37d-eb6b-488e-9944-02325b12e622 info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Coombs , E J , Deaville , R , Sabin , R C , Allan , L , O'Connell , M , Berrow , S , Smith , B , Brownlow , A , Doeschate , M T , Penrose , R , Williams , R , Perkins , M W , Jepson , P D & Cooper , N 2019 , ' What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years ' , Marine Mammal Science , vol. 35 , no. 4 , pp. 1527-1555 . https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12610 Cetaceans Diversity Generalized additive models Macroecology Strandings article 2019 ftsrucpubl https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12610 2024-04-23T02:30:34Z There are many factors that may explain why cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) strand. Around the UK and Ireland, over 20,000 stranding records have been collected since 1913, resulting in one of the longest, continuous, systematic stranding data sets in the world. We use this data set to investigate temporal and spatial trends in cetacean strandings and use generalized additive models (GAMs) to investigate correlates of strandings. We find a dramatic increase in strandings since the 1980s, most likely due to increases in recording effort, and the formation of formal strandings networks. We found no correlation between the numbers of cetaceans stranding each year and several potential environmental and anthropogenic predictors: storms, geomagnetic activity, North Atlantic Oscillations, sea-surface temperature, and fishing catch. We suggest that this is because the scale of change in the variables is too coarse to detect any potential correlations. It may also highlight the idiosyncratic nature of species’ responses to external pressures, and further the need to investigate other potential correlates of strandings, such as bycatch and military sonar. Long-term cetacean stranding data provide vital information on past and present diversity for common, rare, and inconspicuous species. This study underlines the importance of continued support for stranding networks. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic SRUC (Scotland's Rural College): Research Portal Marine Mammal Science 35 4 1527 1555 |
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There are many factors that may explain why cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) strand. Around the UK and Ireland, over 20,000 stranding records have been collected since 1913, resulting in one of the longest, continuous, systematic stranding data sets in the world. We use this data set to investigate temporal and spatial trends in cetacean strandings and use generalized additive models (GAMs) to investigate correlates of strandings. We find a dramatic increase in strandings since the 1980s, most likely due to increases in recording effort, and the formation of formal strandings networks. We found no correlation between the numbers of cetaceans stranding each year and several potential environmental and anthropogenic predictors: storms, geomagnetic activity, North Atlantic Oscillations, sea-surface temperature, and fishing catch. We suggest that this is because the scale of change in the variables is too coarse to detect any potential correlations. It may also highlight the idiosyncratic nature of species’ responses to external pressures, and further the need to investigate other potential correlates of strandings, such as bycatch and military sonar. Long-term cetacean stranding data provide vital information on past and present diversity for common, rare, and inconspicuous species. This study underlines the importance of continued support for stranding networks. |
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Coombs, Ellen J. Deaville, Rob Sabin, Richard C. Allan, Louise O'Connell, Mick Berrow, Simon Smith, Brian Brownlow, Andrew Doeschate, Mariel Ten Penrose, Rod Williams, Ruth Perkins, Matthew W. Jepson, Paul D. Cooper, Natalie |
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Coombs, Ellen J. Deaville, Rob Sabin, Richard C. Allan, Louise O'Connell, Mick Berrow, Simon Smith, Brian Brownlow, Andrew Doeschate, Mariel Ten Penrose, Rod Williams, Ruth Perkins, Matthew W. Jepson, Paul D. Cooper, Natalie |
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What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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what can cetacean stranding records tell us? a study of uk and irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years |
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