Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery
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 se...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/5e727041-922d-4d17-bfe9-99111fb5c052 2023-05-15T13:39:30+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 2021-10-15 application/pdf https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/ocean-warming-threatens-southern-right-whale-population-recovery(5e727041-922d-4d17-bfe9-99111fb5c052).html https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/24179/1/Agrelo_2021_Sci_Adv_Ocean_warming_CC.pdf eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 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 article 2021 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 2022-06-02T07:53:36Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Krill Euphausia superba Southern Ocean Southern Right Whale University of St Andrews: Research Portal Antarctic Argentina Southern Ocean The Antarctic Science Advances 7 42 |
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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. |
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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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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 Ocean warming threatens southern right whale population recovery |
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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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https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/ocean-warming-threatens-southern-right-whale-population-recovery(5e727041-922d-4d17-bfe9-99111fb5c052).html https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abh2823 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/24179/1/Agrelo_2021_Sci_Adv_Ocean_warming_CC.pdf |
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