CORRECTION contact the author at [email protected] Dear MARMaMers:
> > My colleagues and I are pleased to announce the publication of the > following paper in Nature Climate Change: > > Hückstädt, L.A., Piñones, A., Palacios, D.M. *et al.* Projected shifts in > the foraging habitat of crabeater seals along the Antarctic Peninsula. *Nat. > Clim. Chang.* (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0745-9 > > Abstract: > Crabeater seals exhibit extreme dietary specialization, feeding almost > exclusively on Antarctic krill. This specialization has inextricably linked > habitat use, life history and evolution of this pinniped species to the > distribution of its prey. Therefore, the foraging habitat of crabeater > seals can be used to infer the distribution of Antarctic krill. Here, we > combined seal movements and diving behaviour with environmental variables > to build a foraging habitat model for crabeater seals for the rapidly > changing western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). Our projections show that > future crabeater seal foraging habitat and, by inference, krill > distribution will expand towards offshore waters and the southern WAP in > response to changes in circulation, water temperature and sea ice > distribution. Antarctic krill biomass is projected to be negatively > affected by the environmental changes, which are anticipated to manifest as > a decrease in krill densities in coastal waters, with impacts on the > land-/ice-based krill predator community, particularly in the northern WAP. > > Please, contact me at *[email protected] <[email protected]>* for a pdf > copy if needed. > > All the best, > ---------------------------------------- > Luis A. Huckstadt, Ph.D. > Assistant Researcher > Institute of Marine Sciences > University of California Santa Cruz > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Ph: (831) 239-5762 > http://lahuckst.wixsite.com/welcome > > > -- ———————————————— Luis Hückstädt, PhD Institute of Marine Sciences University of California Santa Cruz Long Marine Lab 115 McAllister Way Santa Cruz, CA 95060 https://lahuckst.wixsite.com/welcome
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