Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery
Funding: This work was supported by CAPES doctoral scholarship (M.A.), CAPES-PRINT grant 88887.370641/2019-00 (M.A.), CNPQ research grant 305573/2013-6 (P.C.S.-L.), and CNPQ research grant 407190/2012-0 (F.G.D.-J.). Funding for aerial surveys since 1971 was provided by numerous donors through Ocean...
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ftstandrewserep:oai:research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk:10023/24179 2023-07-02T03:29:47+02:00 Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery Agrelo, Macarena Daura-Jorge, Fábio G Rowntree, Victoria J Sironi, Mariano Hammond, Philip S Ingram, Simon N Marón, Carina F Vilches, Florencia O Seger, Jon Payne, Roger Simões-Lopes, Paulo C University of St Andrews. School of Biology University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland 2021-10-21T12:30:02Z 8 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24179 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 eng eng Science Advances Agrelo , M , Daura-Jorge , F G , Rowntree , V J , Sironi , M , Hammond , P S , Ingram , S N , Marón , C F , Vilches , F O , Seger , J , Payne , R & Simões-Lopes , P C 2021 , ' Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery ' , Science Advances , vol. 7 , no. 42 , eabh2823 . https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 2375-2548 PURE: 276371902 PURE UUID: 5e727041-922d-4d17-bfe9-99111fb5c052 RIS: urn:4AC94D750422799478E9C2615813F7BF ORCID: /0000-0002-2381-8302/work/101958299 Scopus: 85117223782 WOS: 000707571700017 http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24179 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 Copyright © 2021 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). GC Oceanography QH301 Biology DAS SDG 13 - Climate Action SDG 14 - Life Below Water GC QH301 Journal article 2021 ftstandrewserep https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 2023-06-13T18:28:27Z Funding: This work was supported by CAPES doctoral scholarship (M.A.), CAPES-PRINT grant 88887.370641/2019-00 (M.A.), CNPQ research grant 305573/2013-6 (P.C.S.-L.), and CNPQ research grant 407190/2012-0 (F.G.D.-J.). Funding for aerial surveys since 1971 was provided by numerous donors through Ocean Alliance and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas such as Wildlife Conservation Society, National Geographic Society, World Wildlife Fund, Alfredo Fortabat Foundation, Turner Foundation, Canadian Whale Institute, I. Kerr, A. L. de Fortabat, S. Haney, A. and J. Moss, A. Morse, P. Singh, P. Logan, N. Griffis, and C. Walcott. Whales contribute to marine ecosystem functioning, and they may play a role in mitigating climate change and supporting the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) population, a keystone prey species that sustains the entire Southern Ocean (SO) ecosystem. By analyzing a five-decade (1971–2017) data series of individual southern right whales (SRWs; Eubalaena australis) photo-identified at Península Valdés, Argentina, we found a marked increase in whale mortality rates following El Niño events. By modeling how the population responds to changes in the frequency and intensity of El Niño events, we found that such events are likely to impede SRW population recovery and could even cause population decline. Such outcomes have the potential to disrupt food-web interactions in the SO, weakening that ecosystem’s contribution to the mitigation of climate change at a global scale. Publisher PDF Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba Southern Ocean Southern Right Whale morse University of St Andrews: Digital Research Repository Antarctic Argentina Ballenas ENVELOPE(-64.167,-64.167,-65.183,-65.183) Kerr ENVELOPE(65.633,65.633,-70.433,-70.433) Morse ENVELOPE(130.167,130.167,-66.250,-66.250) Southern Ocean The Antarctic Walcott ENVELOPE(-63.317,-63.317,-69.083,-69.083) Science Advances 7 42 |
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Funding: This work was supported by CAPES doctoral scholarship (M.A.), CAPES-PRINT grant 88887.370641/2019-00 (M.A.), CNPQ research grant 305573/2013-6 (P.C.S.-L.), and CNPQ research grant 407190/2012-0 (F.G.D.-J.). Funding for aerial surveys since 1971 was provided by numerous donors through Ocean Alliance and Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas such as Wildlife Conservation Society, National Geographic Society, World Wildlife Fund, Alfredo Fortabat Foundation, Turner Foundation, Canadian Whale Institute, I. Kerr, A. L. de Fortabat, S. Haney, A. and J. Moss, A. Morse, P. Singh, P. Logan, N. Griffis, and C. Walcott. Whales contribute to marine ecosystem functioning, and they may play a role in mitigating climate change and supporting the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) population, a keystone prey species that sustains the entire Southern Ocean (SO) ecosystem. By analyzing a five-decade (1971–2017) data series of individual southern right whales (SRWs; Eubalaena australis) photo-identified at Península Valdés, Argentina, we found a marked increase in whale mortality rates following El Niño events. By modeling how the population responds to changes in the frequency and intensity of El Niño events, we found that such events are likely to impede SRW population recovery and could even cause population decline. Such outcomes have the potential to disrupt food-web interactions in the SO, weakening that ecosystem’s contribution to the mitigation of climate change at a global scale. Publisher PDF Peer reviewed |
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Agrelo, Macarena Daura-Jorge, Fábio G Rowntree, Victoria J Sironi, Mariano Hammond, Philip S Ingram, Simon N Marón, Carina F Vilches, Florencia O Seger, Jon Payne, Roger Simões-Lopes, Paulo C |
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Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery |
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Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery |
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