The challenges of a small population exposed to multiple anthropogenic stressors and a changing climate: The St. Lawrence Estuary beluga

V Lesage - Polar research, 2021 - polarresearch.net
Abstract Until 2012, the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population was considered stable with
about 1100 individuals. An abnormally high number of calves reported dead that year …

Harp seals: Monitors of change in differing ecosystems

GB Stenson, T Haug, MO Hammill - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Harp seals are the most abundant marine mammal in the north Atlantic. As an ice obligatory
predator, they reflect changes in their environment, particularly during a period of climatic …

[HTML][HTML] Indexing starvation mortality to assess its role in the population regulation of Northern cod

PM Regular, AD Buren, KS Dwyer, NG Cadigan… - Fisheries …, 2022 - Elsevier
Starvation is a ubiquitous process in nature as all animals depend on finite resources to
survive. Limited food resources can lead to starvation-induced mortality and, depending on …

Trends in larval densities, spawning timing, and site quality of capelin (Mallotus villosus) across bays and habitats in Newfoundland, Canada

A Tripp, HM Murphy, PM Penton… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Capelin is a short-lived forage fish species that underwent a population collapse in 1991 on
the Newfoundland and Labrador Shelf, Canada (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization …

Expanding the scope and roles of social sciences and humanities to support integrated ecosystem assessments and ecosystem-based management

JC Tam, CE Parlee, J Campbell-Miller… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Understanding social-ecological systems (SESs) is an important part of ecosystem-based
management (EBM). One of the main decision support frameworks to develop scientific …

Identifying possible drivers of the abrupt and persistent delay in capelin spawning timing following the 1991 stock collapse in Newfoundland, Canada

HM Murphy, AT Adamack, F Cyr - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Spawning timing in fish is generally cyclical in temperate regions in order to increase the
probability of matching larval occurrence with ideal environmental conditions. The capelin …

Multi‐decadal trends in biomarkers in harp seal teeth from the North Atlantic reveal the influence of prey availability on seal trophic position

C de la Vega, J Kershaw, GB Stenson… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic food webs are being impacted by borealisation and environmental change. To
quantify the impact of these multiple forcings, it is crucial to accurately determine the …

Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) breeding at their southern limit struggle with prey shortages as a result of warming waters

KJN d'Entremont, LM Guzzwell… - ICES Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) colonies near the species' southernmost limits
are experiencing plateaued or declining population growth and prolonged poor productivity …

Comparative modeling of cod-capelin dynamics in the Newfoundland-Labrador shelves and Barents Sea ecosystems

M Koen-Alonso, U Lindstrøm, A Cuff - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) stocks in the Newfoundland-Labrador Shelves (NL) and
Barents Sea (BS) ecosystems have shown divergent trajectories over the last 40 years. Both …

Intra-and inter-annual shifts in foraging tactics by parental northern gannets Morus bassanus indicate changing prey fields

KJN d Entremont, GK Davoren, CJ Walsh… - Marine Ecology …, 2022 - int-res.com
Seabirds are constrained by central-place foraging during breeding, when the energy
obtained from prey must outweigh the costs of travel, search, capture and transport. The …