Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey
Global warming is affecting the population dynamics and trophic interactions across a wide range of ecosystems and habitats. Translating these real-time effects into their long-term consequences remains a challenge. The rapid and extreme warming period that occurred after the Last Glacial Maximum (L...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24441 2023-05-15T15:36:53+02:00 Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey Cabrera, Andrea A. Schall, Elena Berube, Martine Anderwald, Pia Berrow, Simon Best, Peter B. Cunha, Haydée A. Dalla Rosa, Luciano Dias, Carolina P. Findlay, Kenneth P. Haug, Tore Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter Hoelzel, A. Rus Kovacs, Kit M. Landry, Scott Larsen, Finn Moreira Lopes, Xenia Lydersen, Christian Mattila, David K. Oosting, Tom Pace III, Richard M. Papetti, Chiara Paspati, Angeliki Pastene, Luis A. Prieto, Rui Ramp, Christian Robbins, Jooke Sears, Richard Secchi, Eduardo Silva, Monica A. Simon, Malene Vikingsson, Gísli A. Wiig, Øystein Palsbøll, Per J. Øien, Nils Bachmann, Lutz Clapham, Phillip J. 2022-02-02 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24441 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085 eng eng Wiley Global Change Biology Cabrera AA, Schall E, Berube M, Anderwald P, Bachmann L, Berrow S, Best, Clapham, Cunha HA, Dalla Rosa L, Dias CP, Findlay, Haug t, Heide-Jørgensen M, Hoelzel AR, Kovacs K, Landry S, Larsen F, Moreira Lopes, Lydersen C, Mattila, Oosting T, Pace III, Papetti, Paspati, Pastene LA, Prieto R, Ramp C, Robbins J, Sears R, Secchi E, Silva MA, Simon M, Vikingsson GA, Wiig Ø., Palsbøll PJ. Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. Global Change Biology. 2021 FRIDAID 1954615 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085 1354-1013 1365-2486 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24441 openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085 2022-03-23T23:58:04Z Global warming is affecting the population dynamics and trophic interactions across a wide range of ecosystems and habitats. Translating these real-time effects into their long-term consequences remains a challenge. The rapid and extreme warming period that occurred after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (7–12 thousand years ago) provides an opportunity to gain insights into the long-term responses of natural populations to periods with global warming. The effects of this post-LGM warming period have been assessed in many terrestrial taxa, whereas insights into the impacts of rapid global warming on marine taxa remain limited, especially for megafauna. In order to understand how large-scale climate fluctuations during the post-LGM affected baleen whales and their prey, we conducted an extensive, large-scale analysis of the long-term effects of the post-LGM warming on abundance and inter-ocean connectivity in eight baleen whale and seven prey (fish and invertebrates) species across the Southern and the North Atlantic Ocean; two ocean basins that differ in key oceanographic features. The analysis was based upon 7032 mitochondrial DNA sequences as well as genome-wide DNA sequence variation in 100 individuals. The estimated temporal changes in genetic diversity during the last 30,000 years indicated that most baleen whale populations underwent post-LGM expansions in both ocean basins. The increase in baleen whale abundance during the Holocene was associated with simultaneous changes in their prey and climate. Highly correlated, synchronized and exponential increases in abundance in both baleen whales and their prey in the Southern Ocean were indicative of a dramatic increase in ocean productivity. In contrast, the demographic fluctuations observed in baleen whales and their prey in the North Atlantic Ocean were subtle, varying across taxa and time. Perhaps most important was the observation that the ocean-wide expansions and decreases in abundance that were initiated by the post-LGM global warming, continued for millennia after global temperatures stabilized, reflecting persistent, long-lasting impacts of global warming on marine fauna. Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whale baleen whales North Atlantic Southern Ocean University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Southern Ocean Global Change Biology 28 8 2657 2677 |
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Global warming is affecting the population dynamics and trophic interactions across a wide range of ecosystems and habitats. Translating these real-time effects into their long-term consequences remains a challenge. The rapid and extreme warming period that occurred after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition (7–12 thousand years ago) provides an opportunity to gain insights into the long-term responses of natural populations to periods with global warming. The effects of this post-LGM warming period have been assessed in many terrestrial taxa, whereas insights into the impacts of rapid global warming on marine taxa remain limited, especially for megafauna. In order to understand how large-scale climate fluctuations during the post-LGM affected baleen whales and their prey, we conducted an extensive, large-scale analysis of the long-term effects of the post-LGM warming on abundance and inter-ocean connectivity in eight baleen whale and seven prey (fish and invertebrates) species across the Southern and the North Atlantic Ocean; two ocean basins that differ in key oceanographic features. The analysis was based upon 7032 mitochondrial DNA sequences as well as genome-wide DNA sequence variation in 100 individuals. The estimated temporal changes in genetic diversity during the last 30,000 years indicated that most baleen whale populations underwent post-LGM expansions in both ocean basins. The increase in baleen whale abundance during the Holocene was associated with simultaneous changes in their prey and climate. Highly correlated, synchronized and exponential increases in abundance in both baleen whales and their prey in the Southern Ocean were indicative of a dramatic increase in ocean productivity. In contrast, the demographic fluctuations observed in baleen whales and their prey in the North Atlantic Ocean were subtle, varying across taxa and time. Perhaps most important was the observation that the ocean-wide expansions and decreases in abundance that were initiated by the post-LGM global warming, continued for millennia after global temperatures stabilized, reflecting persistent, long-lasting impacts of global warming on marine fauna. |
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Cabrera, Andrea A. Schall, Elena Berube, Martine Anderwald, Pia Berrow, Simon Best, Peter B. Cunha, Haydée A. Dalla Rosa, Luciano Dias, Carolina P. Findlay, Kenneth P. Haug, Tore Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter Hoelzel, A. Rus Kovacs, Kit M. Landry, Scott Larsen, Finn Moreira Lopes, Xenia Lydersen, Christian Mattila, David K. Oosting, Tom Pace III, Richard M. Papetti, Chiara Paspati, Angeliki Pastene, Luis A. Prieto, Rui Ramp, Christian Robbins, Jooke Sears, Richard Secchi, Eduardo Silva, Monica A. Simon, Malene Vikingsson, Gísli A. Wiig, Øystein Palsbøll, Per J. Øien, Nils Bachmann, Lutz Clapham, Phillip J. |
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Cabrera, Andrea A. Schall, Elena Berube, Martine Anderwald, Pia Berrow, Simon Best, Peter B. Cunha, Haydée A. Dalla Rosa, Luciano Dias, Carolina P. Findlay, Kenneth P. Haug, Tore Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter Hoelzel, A. Rus Kovacs, Kit M. Landry, Scott Larsen, Finn Moreira Lopes, Xenia Lydersen, Christian Mattila, David K. Oosting, Tom Pace III, Richard M. Papetti, Chiara Paspati, Angeliki Pastene, Luis A. Prieto, Rui Ramp, Christian Robbins, Jooke Sears, Richard Secchi, Eduardo Silva, Monica A. Simon, Malene Vikingsson, Gísli A. Wiig, Øystein Palsbøll, Per J. Øien, Nils Bachmann, Lutz Clapham, Phillip J. Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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Cabrera, Andrea A. Schall, Elena Berube, Martine Anderwald, Pia Berrow, Simon Best, Peter B. Cunha, Haydée A. Dalla Rosa, Luciano Dias, Carolina P. Findlay, Kenneth P. Haug, Tore Heide-Jørgensen, Mads-Peter Hoelzel, A. Rus Kovacs, Kit M. Landry, Scott Larsen, Finn Moreira Lopes, Xenia Lydersen, Christian Mattila, David K. Oosting, Tom Pace III, Richard M. Papetti, Chiara Paspati, Angeliki Pastene, Luis A. Prieto, Rui Ramp, Christian Robbins, Jooke Sears, Richard Secchi, Eduardo Silva, Monica A. Simon, Malene Vikingsson, Gísli A. Wiig, Øystein Palsbøll, Per J. Øien, Nils Bachmann, Lutz Clapham, Phillip J. |
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Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey |
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Global Change Biology Cabrera AA, Schall E, Berube M, Anderwald P, Bachmann L, Berrow S, Best, Clapham, Cunha HA, Dalla Rosa L, Dias CP, Findlay, Haug t, Heide-Jørgensen M, Hoelzel AR, Kovacs K, Landry S, Larsen F, Moreira Lopes, Lydersen C, Mattila, Oosting T, Pace III, Papetti, Paspati, Pastene LA, Prieto R, Ramp C, Robbins J, Sears R, Secchi E, Silva MA, Simon M, Vikingsson GA, Wiig Ø., Palsbøll PJ. Strong and lasting impacts of past global warming on baleen whales and their prey. Global Change Biology. 2021 FRIDAID 1954615 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16085 1354-1013 1365-2486 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24441 |
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