klimaat en bruinvis

Gestart door willemrenema, maart 13, 2012, 08:40:13 AM

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Harbour porpoises respond to climate change

Abstract
The effects of climate change on marine ecosystems and in particular on marine top predators are difficult to assess due to, among other things, spatial variability, and lack of clear delineation of marine habitats. The banks of West Greenland are located in a climate sensitive area and are likely to elicit pronounced responses to oceanographic changes in the North Atlantic. The recent increase in sea temperatures on the banks of West Greenland has had cascading effects on sea ice coverage, residency of top predators, and abundance of important prey species like Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Here, we report on the response of one of the top predators in West Greenland; the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). The porpoises depend on locating high densities of prey species with high nutritive value and they have apparently responded to the general warming on the banks of West Greenland by longer residence times, increased consumption of Atlantic cod resulting in improved body condition in the form of larger fat deposits in blubber, compared to the situation during a cold period in the 1990s. This is one of the few examples of a measurable effect of climate change on a marine mammal population.


Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen1, Maria Iversen1, Nynne Hjort Nielsen1, Christina Lockyer2, Harry Stern3, Mads Hvid Ribergaard4

hele artikel (open access als het goed is): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.51/full

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Willem