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Albouy, C., Delattre, V., Donati, G., Frolicher, T. L., Albouy-Boyer, S., Rufino, M., et al. (2020). Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming. Sci Rep, 10(1), 548.
Résumé: Although extinctions due to climate change are still uncommon, they might surpass those caused by habitat loss or overexploitation over the next few decades. Among marine megafauna, mammals fulfill key and irreplaceable ecological roles in the ocean, and the collapse of their populations may therefore have irreversible consequences for ecosystem functioning and services. Using a trait-based approach, we assessed the vulnerability of all marine mammals to global warming under high and low greenhouse gas emission scenarios for the middle and the end of the 21st century. We showed that the North Pacific Ocean, the Greenland Sea and the Barents Sea host the species that are most vulnerable to global warming. Future conservation plans should therefore focus on these regions, where there are long histories of overexploitation and there are high levels of current threats to marine mammals. Among the most vulnerable marine mammals were several threatened species, such as the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) and the dugong (Dugong dugon), that displayed unique combinations of functional traits. Beyond species loss, we showed that the potential extinctions of the marine mammals that were most vulnerable to global warming might induce a disproportionate loss of functional diversity, which may have profound impacts on the future functioning of marine ecosystems worldwide.
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Panfili, J., Darnaude, A. M., Lin, Y. J., Chevalley, M., Iizuka, Y., Tzeng, W. N., et al. (2012). Habitat residence during continental life of the European eel Anguilla anguilla investigated using linear discriminant analysis applied to otolith Sr:Ca ratios. Aquat. Biol., 15(2), 175–185.
Résumé: European eel Anguilla anguilla migratory behaviour during continental life is still unclear due to the multiplicity of aquatic environments colonised by the species. In the Camargue area (NW Mediterranean), eel colonisation of the Fumemorte canal, a freshwater habitat that communicates only with a vast brackish ecosystem (the Vaccares lagoon), offers a rare opportunity to test for freshwater habitat residence during continental life. To this end, both laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and electron probe micro-analysis were used to measure chronological variations of strontium concentrations (Sr:Ca) in the otoliths of 58 silver eels captured in the canal between 1997 and 2007. Comparing mean Sr: Ca ratios measured on otolith edges with the 2 analytical methods indicated that they provide comparable measurement accuracies. Linear discriminant analysis (LDA), based on the otolith Sr: Ca values corresponding to the initial entrance of the fish into the brackish ecosystem and their final capture in the freshwater canal, allowed successful discrimination of the 2 habitats and reconstruction of migratory history for all individuals. Six different migratory behaviours were identified. Eels that entered the freshwater canal did so either directly (67%) or after 1 to 2 yr spent in the lagoon (33%), with a subsequent majority of freshwater residents (55%) until their silvering. These results indicate the value of LDA for reconstructing habitat use during continental life using Sr: Ca ratios. They confirm the occurrence of freshwater residence during continental life in European eels, even in Mediterranean continental areas where brackish environments are predominant. This observed sedentary behaviour has implications for eel population management and conservation.
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Santana, F. M., Morize, E., Labonne, M., Lessa, R., & Clavier, J. (2018). Connectivity between the marine coast and estuary for white mullet (Mugil curema) in northeastern Brazil revealed by otolith Sr:Ca ratio. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 215, 124–131.
Résumé: Microchemical analyses were carried out in order to estimate the Strontium:Calcium (Sr:Ca) ratio in the otolith of the white mullet, Mugil curema, in the Pernambuco (at the Santa Cruz channel, Brazil) in order to determine its connectivity between the estuary and ocean. Variation in the otolith Sr:Ca ratio was directly related to salinity, with greater salinity denoting a higher otolith Sr:Ca value. Data on the otolith Sr:Ca ratio demonstrates that the individuals analyzed are born in areas of salinity that are characteristic of the estuary, where they develop until approximately one year of age, at which point they migrate to areas of greater salinity until reaching sexual maturity (3 years of age) in the sea. Spawning occurs in the ocean, after which M. curema individuals may either remain or return to the estuary until the next spawning. Differences in estuarine salinity were found for young of-year individuals and may be related to the season when spawning took place, since M. curema females are found spawning throughout the year. The hypothesis is that higher salinity in the dry season leads to a greater otolith Sr.Ca signature among individuals spawned in this season from birth until one year of life. On the other hand, the lower salinity in the rainy season leads to a lower otolith Sr:Ca signature among individuals spawned in this season. These information are important for the adequate management of the white mullet stock in northeastern Brazil.
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