Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic

• Published in: Diversity and Distributions
• Main Authors: Yurkowski, David, Auger-Méthé, Marie, Mallory, Mark, Wong, Sarah, Gilchrist, Grant, Derocher, Andrew, Richardson, Evan, Lunn, Nicholas, Hussey, Nigel, Marcoux, Marianne, Togunov, Ron, Fisk, Aaron, Harwood, Lois, Dietz, Rune, Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu, Born, Erik, Mosbech, Anders, Fort, Jérôme, Grémillet, David, Loseto, Lisa, Richard, Pierre, Iacozza, John, Jean-Gagnon, Frankie, Brown, Tanya, Westdal, Kristin, Orr, Jack, Leblanc, Bernard, Hedges, Kevin, Treble, Margaret, Kessel, Steven, Blanchfield, Paul, Davis, Shanti, Maftei, Mark, Spencer, Nora, Mcfarlane-Tranquilla, Laura, Montevecchi, William, Bartzen, Blake, Dickson, Lynne, Anderson, Christine, Ferguson, Steven
• Other Authors: Biology, Acadia University, Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Windsor Ca, National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR), Department of Bioscience and Arctic Research Center, Aarhus University Aarhus, LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Centre de Recherche sur les Ecosystèmes Littoraux Anthropisés (CRELA), Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Memorial University of Newfoundland = Université Memorial de Terre-Neuve St. John's, Canada (MUN)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: seabirds; animal movement; biologging; conservation; climate change; fishes; marine mammals; protected areas; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Amundsen Gulf; Baffin; Chukchi; Climate change; Davis Strait; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01977912; https://hal.science/hal-01977912/document; https://hal.science/hal-01977912/file/Yurkowski_et_al-2018-Diversity_and_Distributions.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12860

International audience Aim: Climate change is altering marine ecosystems worldwide and is most pronounced in the Arctic. Economic development is increasing leading to more disturbances and pressures on Arctic wildlife. Identifying areas that support higher levels of predator abundance and biodiversi...