Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic
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 biodiversity is important for the...
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ftunivwindsor:oai:scholar.uwindsor.ca:glierpub-1308 2023-06-11T04:03:32+02:00 Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic Yurkowski, David J. Auger-Méthé, Marie Mallory, Mark L. Wong, Sarah N.P. Gilchrist, Grant Derocher, Andrew E. Richardson, Evan Lunn, Nicholas J. Hussey, Nigel E. Marcoux, Marianne Togunov, Ron R. Fisk, Aaron T. Harwood, Lois A. Dietz, Rune Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Born, Erik W. Mosbech, Anders Fort, Jérôme Grémillet, David Loseto, Lisa 2019-03-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/306 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12860 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1308/viewcontent/Diversity_and_Distributions___2018___Yurkowski___Abundance_and_species_diversity_hotspots_of_tracked_marine_predators.pdf unknown Scholarship at UWindsor https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/306 doi:10.1111/ddi.12860 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1308/viewcontent/Diversity_and_Distributions___2018___Yurkowski___Abundance_and_species_diversity_hotspots_of_tracked_marine_predators.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications animal movement biologging climate change conservation fishes marine mammals protected areas seabirds Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology Biodiversity Biology Life Sciences Marine Biology text 2019 ftunivwindsor https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12860 2023-05-06T19:10:44Z 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 biodiversity is important for the implementation of targeted conservation measures across the Arctic. Location: Primarily Canadian Arctic marine waters but also parts of the United States, Greenland and Russia. Methods: We compiled the largest data set of existing telemetry data for marine predators in the North American Arctic consisting of 1,283 individuals from 21 species. Data were arranged into four species groups: (a) cetaceans and pinnipeds, (b) polar bears Ursus maritimus (c) seabirds, and (d) fishes to address the following objectives: (a) to identify abundance hotspots for each species group in the summer–autumn and winter–spring; (b) to identify species diversity hotspots across all species groups and extent of overlap with exclusive economic zones; and (c) to perform a gap analysis that assesses amount of overlap between species diversity hotspots with existing protected areas. Results: Abundance and species diversity hotpots during summer–autumn and winter–spring were identified in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Amundsen Gulf, and the Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering seas both within and across species groups. Abundance and species diversity hotpots occurred within the continental slope in summer–autumn and offshore in areas of moving pack ice in winter–spring. Gap analysis revealed that the current level of conservation protection that overlaps species diversity hotspots is low covering only 5% (77,498 km 2 ) in summer–autumn and 7% (83,202 km 2 ) in winter–spring. Main conclusions: We identified several areas of potential importance for Arctic marine predators that could provide policymakers with a starting point for conservation measures given the multitude of threats facing the Arctic. These results are relevant to ... Text Amundsen Gulf Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Chukchi Climate change Davis Strait Greenland Hudson Bay Hudson Strait Ursus maritimus University of Windsor, Ontario: Scholarship at UWindsor Arctic Hudson Bay Baffin Bay Greenland Hudson Hudson Strait ENVELOPE(-70.000,-70.000,62.000,62.000) Diversity and Distributions 25 3 328 345 |
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animal movement biologging climate change conservation fishes marine mammals protected areas seabirds Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology Biodiversity Biology Life Sciences Marine Biology Yurkowski, David J. Auger-Méthé, Marie Mallory, Mark L. Wong, Sarah N.P. Gilchrist, Grant Derocher, Andrew E. Richardson, Evan Lunn, Nicholas J. Hussey, Nigel E. Marcoux, Marianne Togunov, Ron R. Fisk, Aaron T. Harwood, Lois A. Dietz, Rune Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Born, Erik W. Mosbech, Anders Fort, Jérôme Grémillet, David Loseto, Lisa Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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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 biodiversity is important for the implementation of targeted conservation measures across the Arctic. Location: Primarily Canadian Arctic marine waters but also parts of the United States, Greenland and Russia. Methods: We compiled the largest data set of existing telemetry data for marine predators in the North American Arctic consisting of 1,283 individuals from 21 species. Data were arranged into four species groups: (a) cetaceans and pinnipeds, (b) polar bears Ursus maritimus (c) seabirds, and (d) fishes to address the following objectives: (a) to identify abundance hotspots for each species group in the summer–autumn and winter–spring; (b) to identify species diversity hotspots across all species groups and extent of overlap with exclusive economic zones; and (c) to perform a gap analysis that assesses amount of overlap between species diversity hotspots with existing protected areas. Results: Abundance and species diversity hotpots during summer–autumn and winter–spring were identified in Baffin Bay, Davis Strait, Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Amundsen Gulf, and the Beaufort, Chukchi and Bering seas both within and across species groups. Abundance and species diversity hotpots occurred within the continental slope in summer–autumn and offshore in areas of moving pack ice in winter–spring. Gap analysis revealed that the current level of conservation protection that overlaps species diversity hotspots is low covering only 5% (77,498 km 2 ) in summer–autumn and 7% (83,202 km 2 ) in winter–spring. Main conclusions: We identified several areas of potential importance for Arctic marine predators that could provide policymakers with a starting point for conservation measures given the multitude of threats facing the Arctic. These results are relevant to ... |
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Yurkowski, David J. Auger-Méthé, Marie Mallory, Mark L. Wong, Sarah N.P. Gilchrist, Grant Derocher, Andrew E. Richardson, Evan Lunn, Nicholas J. Hussey, Nigel E. Marcoux, Marianne Togunov, Ron R. Fisk, Aaron T. Harwood, Lois A. Dietz, Rune Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Born, Erik W. Mosbech, Anders Fort, Jérôme Grémillet, David Loseto, Lisa |
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Yurkowski, David J. Auger-Méthé, Marie Mallory, Mark L. Wong, Sarah N.P. Gilchrist, Grant Derocher, Andrew E. Richardson, Evan Lunn, Nicholas J. Hussey, Nigel E. Marcoux, Marianne Togunov, Ron R. Fisk, Aaron T. Harwood, Lois A. Dietz, Rune Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu Born, Erik W. Mosbech, Anders Fort, Jérôme Grémillet, David Loseto, Lisa |
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Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic |
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abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the north american arctic |
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Scholarship at UWindsor |
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2019 |
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https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/306 https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12860 https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/context/glierpub/article/1308/viewcontent/Diversity_and_Distributions___2018___Yurkowski___Abundance_and_species_diversity_hotspots_of_tracked_marine_predators.pdf |
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Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research Publications |
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