Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction?
The Kommandorskiye Islands population of Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas ) was extirpated ca 1768 CE. Until now, Steller's sea cow was thought to be restricted in historic times to Bering and Copper Islands, Russia, with other records in the last millennium from the western Aleutian...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::74640a4527c66e844c86c09e7631f5cf 2023-05-15T15:36:00+02:00 Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? Daryl P. Domning Andrew P. Crerar Lorelei Crerar E. C. M. Parsons 2014-11-27 https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4261872/ https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25428930/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428930 https://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/11/20140878 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2008771220 en eng The Royal Society https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4261872/ https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25428930/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25428930 https://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/11/20140878 https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2008771220 undefined oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4261872 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 25428930 2008771220 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 openaire____::1256f046-bf1f-4afc-8b47-d0b147148b18 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|issn___print::6be43c25e856e7570d09812cbd6a0338 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|openaire____::806360c771262b4d6770e7cdf04b5c5a Palaeontology Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) General Agricultural and Biological Sciences archeo geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2014 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0878 2023-01-22T16:57:45Z The Kommandorskiye Islands population of Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas ) was extirpated ca 1768 CE. Until now, Steller's sea cow was thought to be restricted in historic times to Bering and Copper Islands, Russia, with other records in the last millennium from the western Aleutian Islands. However, Steller's sea cow bone has been obtained by the authors from St Lawrence Island, Alaska, which is significantly further north. Bone identity was verified using analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The nitrogen-15 (δ 15 N)/carbon-13 (δ 13 C) values for bone samples from St Lawrence Island were significantly ( p ≤ 0.05) different from Bering Island samples, indicating a second population. Bone samples were dated to between 1030 and 1150 BP (approx. 800–920 CE). The samples date from close to the beginning of the mediaeval warm period, which could indicate that the population at St Lawrence Island was driven to extinction by climate change. A warming of the climate in the area may have changed the availability of kelp; alternatively or in addition, the animals may have been driven to extinction by the expansion of the Inuit from the Bering Strait region, possibly due to opening waterways, maybe following bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ), or searching for iron and copper. This study provides evidence for a previously unknown population of sea cows in the North Pacific within the past 1000 years and a second Steller's sea cow extirpation event in recent history. Article in Journal/Newspaper Balaena mysticetus Bering Island Bering Strait Hydrodamalis gigas inuit St Lawrence Island Steller's sea cow Alaska Aleutian Islands Unknown Bering Strait Pacific Lawrence Island ENVELOPE(-103.718,-103.718,56.967,56.967) Biology Letters 10 11 20140878 |
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The Kommandorskiye Islands population of Steller's sea cow ( Hydrodamalis gigas ) was extirpated ca 1768 CE. Until now, Steller's sea cow was thought to be restricted in historic times to Bering and Copper Islands, Russia, with other records in the last millennium from the western Aleutian Islands. However, Steller's sea cow bone has been obtained by the authors from St Lawrence Island, Alaska, which is significantly further north. Bone identity was verified using analysis of mitochondrial DNA. The nitrogen-15 (δ 15 N)/carbon-13 (δ 13 C) values for bone samples from St Lawrence Island were significantly ( p ≤ 0.05) different from Bering Island samples, indicating a second population. Bone samples were dated to between 1030 and 1150 BP (approx. 800–920 CE). The samples date from close to the beginning of the mediaeval warm period, which could indicate that the population at St Lawrence Island was driven to extinction by climate change. A warming of the climate in the area may have changed the availability of kelp; alternatively or in addition, the animals may have been driven to extinction by the expansion of the Inuit from the Bering Strait region, possibly due to opening waterways, maybe following bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ), or searching for iron and copper. This study provides evidence for a previously unknown population of sea cows in the North Pacific within the past 1000 years and a second Steller's sea cow extirpation event in recent history. |
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Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? |
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Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? |
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Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? |
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Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? |
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Rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of Steller's sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) at St Lawrence Island also driven to extinction? |
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rewriting the history of an extinction—was a population of steller's sea cows (hydrodamalis gigas) at st lawrence island also driven to extinction? |
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