Whale recovery and the emerging human-wildlife conflict over Antarctic krill

Autor: Matthew S. Savoca, Mehr Kumar, Zephyr Sylvester, Max F. Czapanskiy, Bettina Meyer, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Cassandra M. Brooks

Publikováno v: Nature Communications, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2024)

Abstract The Southern Ocean ecosystem has undergone extensive changes in the past two centuries driven by industrial sealing and whaling, climate change and commercial fishing. However, following the end of commercial whaling, some populations of wha

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Baleen–Plastic Interactions Reveal High Risk to All Filter-Feeding Whales from Clogging, Ingestion, and Entanglement

Autor: Alexander J. Werth, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, Jean Potvin, Jeremy A. Goldbogen, Matthew S. Savoca

Publikováno v: Oceans, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 48-70 (2024)

Baleen whales are ecosystem sentinels of microplastic pollution. Research indicates that they likely ingest millions of anthropogenic microparticles per day when feeding. Their immense prey consumption and filter-feeding behavior put them at risk. Ho

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Energy densities of key prey species in the California Current Ecosystem

Autor: Samuel E. Price, Matthew S. Savoca, Mehr Kumar, Max F. Czapanskiy, Dane McDermott, Steven Y. Litvin, David E. Cade, Jeremy A. Goldbogen

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 10 (2024)

The energetic content of primary and secondary consumers is central to understanding ecosystem functioning, community assembly, and trophodynamics. However, these foundational data are often limited, especially for marine ecosystems. Here we report t

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Recovery of carbon benefits by overharvested baleen whale populations is threatened by climate change

Autor: Anaëlle Durfort, Gaël Mariani, Vivitskaia Tulloch, Matthew S. Savoca, Marc Troussellier, David Mouillot

Publikováno v: Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-biological Sciences (0962-8452) (The Royal Society), 2022-11, Vol. 289, N. 1986, P. 20220375 (8p.)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022, 289 (1986), pp.20220375. ⟨10.1098/rspb.2022.0375⟩

Despite the importance of marine megafauna on ecosystem functioning, their contribution to the oceanic carbon cycle is still poorly known. Here, we explored the role of baleen whales in the biological carbon pump across the southern hemisphere based

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36321488

Whales in the carbon cycle: can recovery remove carbon dioxide?

Autor: Heidi C. Pearson, Matthew S. Savoca, Daniel P. Costa, Michael W. Lomas, Renato Molina, Andrew J. Pershing, Craig R. Smith, Juan Carlos Villaseñor-Derbez, Stephen R. Wing, Joe Roman

Publikováno v: Trends in ecologyevolution.

The great whales (baleen and sperm whales), through their massive size and wide distribution, influence ecosystem and carbon dynamics. Whales directly store carbon in their biomass and contribute to carbon export through sinking carcasses. Whale excr

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36528413