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Important at-sea areas of colonial breeding marine predators on the southern Patagonian Shelf

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Date
11/06/2019
Author
Baylis, Alastair M. M.
Tierney, Megan
Orben, Rachael A.
Warwick-Evans, Victoria
Wakefield, Ewan
Grecian, W. James
Trathan, Phil
Reisinger, Ryan
Ratcliffe, Norman
Croxall, John
Campioni, Letizia
Catry, Paulo
Crofts, Sarah
Boersma, P. Dee
Galimberti, Filippo
Granadeiro, Jose
Handley, Jonathan
Hayes, Sean
Hedd, April
Masello, Juan F.
Montevecchi, William A.
Pütz, Klemens
Quillfeldt, Petra
Rebstock, Ginger A.
Sanvito, Simona
Staniland, Iain J.
Brickle, Paul
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QH301 Biology
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The Patagonian Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem supports high levels of biodiversity and endemism and is one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the world. Despite the important role marine predators play in structuring the ecosystems, areas of high diversity where multiple predators congregate remains poorly known on the Patagonian Shelf. Here, we used biotelemetry and biologging tags to track the movements of six seabird species and three pinniped species breeding at the Falkland Islands. Using Generalized Additive Models, we then modelled these animals’ use of space as functions of dynamic and static environmental indices that described their habitat. Based on these models, we mapped the predicted distribution of animals from both sampled and unsampled colonies and thereby identified areas where multiple species were likely to overlap at sea. Maximum foraging trip distance ranged from 79 to 1,325 km. However, most of the 1,891 foraging trips by 686 animals were restricted to the Patagonian Shelf and shelf slope, which highlighted a preference for these habitats. Of the seven candidate explanatory covariates used to predict distribution, distance from the colony was retained in models for all species and negatively affected the probability of occurrence. Predicted overlap among species was highest on the Patagonian Shelf around the Falkland Islands and the Burdwood Bank. The predicted area of overlap is consistent with areas that are also important habitat for marine predators migrating from distant breeding locations. Our findings provide comprehensive multi-species predictions for some of the largest marine predator populations on the Patagonian Shelf, which will contribute to future marine spatial planning initiatives. Crucially, our findings highlight that spatially explicit conservation measures are likely to benefit multiple species, while threats are likely to impact multiple species.
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Baylis , A M M , Tierney , M , Orben , R A , Warwick-Evans , V , Wakefield , E , Grecian , W J , Trathan , P , Reisinger , R , Ratcliffe , N , Croxall , J , Campioni , L , Catry , P , Crofts , S , Boersma , P D , Galimberti , F , Granadeiro , J , Handley , J , Hayes , S , Hedd , A , Masello , J F , Montevecchi , W A , Pütz , K , Quillfeldt , P , Rebstock , G A , Sanvito , S , Staniland , I J & Brickle , P 2019 , ' Important at-sea areas of colonial breeding marine predators on the southern Patagonian Shelf ' , Scientific Reports , vol. 9 , 8517 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44695-1
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Scientific Reports
Status
Peer reviewed
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44695-1
ISSN
2045-2322
Type
Journal article
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© The Author(s) 2019. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17892

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