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Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming
Ocean warming is causing shifts in the distributions of marine species, but the location of suitable habitats in the future is unknown, especially in remote regions such as the Arctic. Using satellite tracking data from a 28-year-long period, covering all three endemic Arctic cetaceans (227 individu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9307241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2422 |
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author | Chambault, Philippine Kovacs, Kit M. Lydersen, Christian Shpak, Olga Teilmann, Jonas Albertsen, Christoffer M. Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter |
author_facet | Chambault, Philippine Kovacs, Kit M. Lydersen, Christian Shpak, Olga Teilmann, Jonas Albertsen, Christoffer M. Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter |
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description | Ocean warming is causing shifts in the distributions of marine species, but the location of suitable habitats in the future is unknown, especially in remote regions such as the Arctic. Using satellite tracking data from a 28-year-long period, covering all three endemic Arctic cetaceans (227 individuals) in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, together with climate models under two emission scenarios, species distributions were projected to assess responses of these whales to climate change by the end of the century. While contrasting responses were observed across species and seasons, long-term predictions suggest northward shifts (243 km in summer versus 121 km in winter) in distribution to cope with climate change. Current summer habitats will decline (mean loss: −25%), while some expansion into new winter areas (mean gain: +3%) is likely. However, comparing gains versus losses raises serious concerns about the ability of these polar species to deal with the disappearance of traditional colder habitats. |
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spelling | pubmed-93072412022-08-09 Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming Chambault, Philippine Kovacs, Kit M. Lydersen, Christian Shpak, Olga Teilmann, Jonas Albertsen, Christoffer M. Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Sci Adv Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Ocean warming is causing shifts in the distributions of marine species, but the location of suitable habitats in the future is unknown, especially in remote regions such as the Arctic. Using satellite tracking data from a 28-year-long period, covering all three endemic Arctic cetaceans (227 individuals) in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic, together with climate models under two emission scenarios, species distributions were projected to assess responses of these whales to climate change by the end of the century. While contrasting responses were observed across species and seasons, long-term predictions suggest northward shifts (243 km in summer versus 121 km in winter) in distribution to cope with climate change. Current summer habitats will decline (mean loss: −25%), while some expansion into new winter areas (mean gain: +3%) is likely. However, comparing gains versus losses raises serious concerns about the ability of these polar species to deal with the disappearance of traditional colder habitats. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2022-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9307241/ /pubmed/35867786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2422 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences Chambault, Philippine Kovacs, Kit M. Lydersen, Christian Shpak, Olga Teilmann, Jonas Albertsen, Christoffer M. Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title | Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title_full | Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title_fullStr | Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title_full_unstemmed | Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title_short | Future seasonal changes in habitat for Arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
title_sort | future seasonal changes in habitat for arctic whales during predicted ocean warming |
topic | Earth, Environmental, Ecological, and Space Sciences |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9307241/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn2422 |
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