Long-term population trends of Patagonian marine mammals and their ecosystem interactions in the context of climate change

EA Crespo - Global Change in Atlantic Coastal Patagonian …, 2022 - Springer
This chapter reviews the existing data of distribution, population estimates, and trend of the
most conspicuous species of pinnipeds and cetaceans in the Argentine sea, in particular the …

Longer and less overlapping food webs in anthropogenically disturbed marine ecosystems: confirmations from the past

F Saporiti, S Bearhop, L Silva, DG Vales, L Zenteno… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The human exploitation of marine resources is characterised by the preferential removal of
the largest species. Although this is expected to modify the structure of food webs, we have a …

[HTML][HTML] Unexpected decadal density-dependent shifts in California sea lion size, morphology, and foraging niche

AM Valenzuela-Toro, DP Costa, R Mehta, ND Pyenson… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Many marine mammal populations are recovering after long eras of exploitation. 1, 2 To
what degree density-dependent body size declines in recovering species reflect a general …

Analysing the natural population growth of a large marine mammal after a depletive harvest

MA Romero, MF Grandi, M Koen-Alonso… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
An understanding of the underlying processes and comprehensive history of population
growth after a harvest-driven depletion is necessary when assessing the long-term …

Historic variation of trace elements in pinnipeds with spatially segregated trophic habits reveals differences in exposure to pollution

M De María, D Szteren, J García-Alonso… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine mammals and the ecological functions they provide to coastal and pelagic
ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the intensification of anthropogenic impacts. The …

Shifting niches of marine predators due to human exploitation: the diet of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) since the late Holocene as a case study

L Zenteno, F Borella, JG Otero, E Piana, JB Belardi… - Paleobiology, 2015 - cambridge.org
—Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in archaeological and modern bone samples
have been used to reconstruct the dietary changes of the South American sea lion Otaria …

Intensive fishing has not forced dietary change in the South American fur seal Arctophoca (=Arctocephalus) australis off Río de la Plata and adjoining areas

DG Vales, F Saporiti, L Cardona… - Aquatic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT South American fur seals (Arctophoca australis) inhabiting the Río de la Plata
plume and adjoining areas are known to forage upon a wide range of prey (ie pelagic …

Holocene changes in the trophic ecology of an apex marine predator in the South Atlantic Ocean

DG Vales, L Cardona, AF Zangrando, F Borella… - Oecologia, 2017 - Springer
Predators may modify their diets as a result of both anthropogenic and natural
environmental changes. Stable isotope ratios of nitrogen and carbon in bone collagen have …

Assessing the effects of demersal fishing and conservation strategies of marine mammals over a Patagonian food web

MO Reinaldo, AC Milessi, MA Romero, E Crespo… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The San Matías Gulf (SMG) is a semi-enclosed ecosystem where the Argentine
hake Merluccius hubbsi (AH) has been the main fishery resource since 1971. During the …

South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens, Shaw 1800)

EA Crespo, LR de Oliveira, M Sepúlveda - Ecology and conservation of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The South American sea lion is distributed almost continuously from Zorritos, Peru,
on the Pacific Ocean to Torres, Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. The total population was …