Climate shifts for krill predators
In: Nature Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 1758-678X; e-ISSN 1758-6798, more
Related to:Hückstädt, L.A.; Piñones, A.; Palacios, D.M.; McDonald, B.I.; Dinniman, M.S.; Hofmann, E.E.; Burns, J.M.; Crocker, D.E.; Costa, D.P. (2020). Projected shifts in the foraging habitat of crabeater seals along the Antarctic Peninsula. Nat. Clim. Chang. 10(5): 472-477. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0745-9, more
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| Abstract |
Antarctic krill play a key role in Southern Ocean food webs but are vulnerable to climate change, with habitat shifts predicted in response. Now, a study of climate change impacts on a krill-specialist predator — the crabeater seal — suggests that this abundant marine mammal may be forced southwards with its prey. |
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