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Melbourne-Thomas J, Audzijonyte A, Brasier MJ, Cresswell KA, Fogarty HE, Haward M, Hobday AJ, Hunt HL, Ling SD, McCormack PC, Mustonen T, Mustonen K, Nye JA, Oellermann M, Trebilco R, van Putten I, Villanueva C, Watson RA, Pecl GT. Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Rev Fish Biol Fish 2022; 32:231-251. [PMID: 33814734 PMCID: PMC8006506 DOI: 10.1007/s11160-021-09641-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED One of the most pronounced effects of climate change on the world's oceans is the (generally) poleward movement of species and fishery stocks in response to increasing water temperatures. In some regions, such redistributions are already causing dramatic shifts in marine socioecological systems, profoundly altering ecosystem structure and function, challenging domestic and international fisheries, and impacting on human communities. Such effects are expected to become increasingly widespread as waters continue to warm and species ranges continue to shift. Actions taken over the coming decade (2021-2030) can help us adapt to species redistributions and minimise negative impacts on ecosystems and human communities, achieving a more sustainable future in the face of ecosystem change. We describe key drivers related to climate-driven species redistributions that are likely to have a high impact and influence on whether a sustainable future is achievable by 2030. We posit two different futures-a 'business as usual' future and a technically achievable and more sustainable future, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. We then identify concrete actions that provide a pathway towards the more sustainable 2030 and that acknowledge and include Indigenous perspectives. Achieving this sustainable future will depend on improved monitoring and detection, and on adaptive, cooperative management to proactively respond to the challenge of species redistribution. We synthesise examples of such actions as the basis of a strategic approach to tackle this global-scale challenge for the benefit of humanity and ecosystems. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-021-09641-3.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jess Melbourne-Thomas
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB Canada
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NY USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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Melbourne-Thomas J, Audzijonyte A, Brasier MJ, Cresswell KA, Fogarty HE, Haward M, Hobday AJ, Hunt HL, Ling SD, McCormack PC, Mustonen T, Mustonen K, Nye JA, Oellermann M, Trebilco R, van Putten I, Villanueva C, Watson RA, Pecl GT. Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution. Rev Fish Biol Fish 2022. [PMID: 33814734 DOI: 10.22541/au.160435617.76868505/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED One of the most pronounced effects of climate change on the world's oceans is the (generally) poleward movement of species and fishery stocks in response to increasing water temperatures. In some regions, such redistributions are already causing dramatic shifts in marine socioecological systems, profoundly altering ecosystem structure and function, challenging domestic and international fisheries, and impacting on human communities. Such effects are expected to become increasingly widespread as waters continue to warm and species ranges continue to shift. Actions taken over the coming decade (2021-2030) can help us adapt to species redistributions and minimise negative impacts on ecosystems and human communities, achieving a more sustainable future in the face of ecosystem change. We describe key drivers related to climate-driven species redistributions that are likely to have a high impact and influence on whether a sustainable future is achievable by 2030. We posit two different futures-a 'business as usual' future and a technically achievable and more sustainable future, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals. We then identify concrete actions that provide a pathway towards the more sustainable 2030 and that acknowledge and include Indigenous perspectives. Achieving this sustainable future will depend on improved monitoring and detection, and on adaptive, cooperative management to proactively respond to the challenge of species redistribution. We synthesise examples of such actions as the basis of a strategic approach to tackle this global-scale challenge for the benefit of humanity and ecosystems. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11160-021-09641-3.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jess Melbourne-Thomas
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB Canada
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill, Morehead City, NY USA
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Aquatic Systems Biology Unit, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, TAS Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS Australia
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Zu K, Wang Z, Zhu X, Lenoir J, Shrestha N, Lyu T, Luo A, Li Y, Ji C, Peng S, Meng J, Zhou J. Upward shift and elevational range contractions of subtropical mountain plants in response to climate change. Sci Total Environ 2021; 783:146896. [PMID: 33866165 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Elevational range shifts of mountain species in response to climate change have profound impact on mountain biodiversity. However, current evidence indicates great controversies in the direction and magnitude of elevational range shifts across species and regions. Here, using historical and recent occurrence records of 83 plant species in a subtropical mountain, Mt. Gongga (Sichuan, China), we evaluated changes in species elevation centroids and limits (upper and lower) along elevational gradients, and explored the determinants of elevational changes. We found that 63.9% of the species shifted their elevation centroids upward, while 22.9% shifted downward. The changes in centroid elevations and range size were more strongly correlated with changes in lower than upper limits of species elevational ranges. The magnitude of centroid elevation shifts was larger than predicted by climate warming and precipitation changes. Our results show complex changes in species elevational distributions and range sizes in Mt. Gongga, and that climate change, species traits and climate adaptation of species all influenced their elevational movement. As Mt. Gongga is one of the global biodiversity hotspots, and contains many threatened plant species, these findings provide support to future conservation planning.
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- Kuiling Zu
- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- UR "Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés" (EDYSAN, UMR 7058 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 1 Rue des Louvels, 80037 Amiens Cedex 1, France
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- State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agroecosystem, Institute of Innovation Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Ecology and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Pecl GT, Ogier E, Jennings S, van Putten I, Crawford C, Fogarty H, Frusher S, Hobday AJ, Keane J, Lee E, MacLeod C, Mundy C, Stuart-Smith J, Tracey S. Autonomous adaptation to climate-driven change in marine biodiversity in a global marine hotspot. Ambio 2019; 48:1498-1515. [PMID: 31098878 PMCID: PMC6883019 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01186-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Revised: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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While governments and natural resource managers grapple with how to respond to climatic changes, many marine-dependent individuals, organisations and user-groups in fast-changing regions of the world are already adjusting their behaviour to accommodate these. However, we have little information on the nature of these autonomous adaptations that are being initiated by resource user-groups. The east coast of Tasmania, Australia, is one of the world's fastest warming marine regions with extensive climate-driven changes in biodiversity already observed. We present and compare examples of autonomous adaptations from marine users of the region to provide insights into factors that may have constrained or facilitated the available range of autonomous adaptation options and discuss potential interactions with governmental planned adaptations. We aim to support effective adaptation by identifying the suite of changes that marine users are making largely without government or management intervention, i.e. autonomous adaptations, to better understand these and their potential interactions with formal adaptation strategies.
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- Gretta T. Pecl
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 84, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, 3-4 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS 7004 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, 3-4 Castray Esplanade, Hobart, TAS 7004 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, PO Box 49, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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Pedro S, Fisk AT, Ferguson SH, Hussey NE, Kessel ST, McKinney MA. Limited effects of changing prey fish communities on food quality for aquatic predators in the eastern Canadian Arctic in terms of essential fatty acids, methylmercury and selenium. Chemosphere 2019; 214:855-865. [PMID: 30317166 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.09.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2018] [Revised: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
We determined concentrations of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids (EPA + DHA), Σomega-3, polyunsaturated fatty acids (ΣPUFA), selenium, methylmercury, and selenium:methylmercury (Se:Hg) ratios in native and northward-redistributing sub-Arctic marine fish and invertebrates from low, mid-, and high Canadian Arctic latitudes. There was no clear latitudinal trend in nutrient or contaminant concentrations. Among species, EPA + DHA concentrations in native Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) were similar to concentrations in sub-Arctic capelin (Mallotus villosus) and sand lance (Ammodytes spp.) (444-658 mg.100 g-1), and higher than in most other species. Concentrations of EPA + DHA were related to lipid content, but to a greater extent for higher trophic position species (R2 = 0.83) than for species at lower trophic positions (R2 = 0.61). Selenium concentrations were higher in sand lance (1.15 ± 0.16 μg g-1) than in all other species (0.30-0.69 μg g-1), which was significantly, but weakly, explained by more pelagic feeding in sand lance. Methylmercury concentrations were similar (and Se:Hg ratios were higher) in capelin, sand lance, and Arctic cod (0.01-0.03 μg g-1 wet weight (ww)) and lower than in other prey (0.12-0.26 μg g-1 ww), which was significantly explained by the smaller size of these species and more pelagic feeding habits than other fish. These results suggested that a shift in prey fish composition from Arctic cod to capelin and/or sand lance is unlikely to reduce the food quality of the prey available to marine predators at least with respect to concentrations of essential fatty acids, selenium, and Se:Hg ratios.
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- Sara Pedro
- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.
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- Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N6, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
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- Daniel P. Haerther Center for Conservation and Research, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
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- Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Center, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment and Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.
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