Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Update on the global abundance and distribution of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua)

R Herman, A Borowicz, M Lynch, P Trathan, T Hart… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Though climate change is widely known to negatively affect the distribution and abundance
of many species, few studies have focused on species that may benefit. Gentoo Penguin …

Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins

TL Cole, C Zhou, M Fang, H Pan, DT Ksepka… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Penguins lost the ability to fly more than 60 million years ago, subsequently evolving a hyper-
specialized marine body plan. Within the framework of a genome-scale, fossil-inclusive …

Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification

JA Vianna, FAN Fernandes… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Penguins are the only extant family of flightless diving birds. They currently comprise at least
18 species, distributed from polar to tropical environments in the Southern Hemisphere. The …

The call of the emperor penguin: Legal responses to species threatened by climate change

S Jenouvrier, J Che‐Castaldo, S Wolf… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Species extinction risk is accelerating due to anthropogenic climate change, making it
urgent to protect vulnerable species through legal frameworks in order to facilitate …

Influence of past climate change on phylogeography and demographic history of narwhals, Monodon monoceros

M Louis, M Skovrind… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, with unknown consequences for endemic
fauna. However, Earth has experienced severe climatic oscillations in the past, and …

Adaptation and cryptic pseudogenization in penguin toll-like receptors

SR Fiddaman, M Vinkler, SG Spiro… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Penguins (Sphenisciformes) are an iconic order of flightless, diving seabirds distributed
across a large latitudinal range in the Southern Hemisphere. The extensive area over which …

Whole-genome analyses reveal past population fluctuations and low genetic diversities of the North Pacific albatrosses

S Huynh, A Cloutier, G Chen, DTC Chan… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Throughout the Plio-Pleistocene, climate change has impacted tropical marine
ecosystems substantially, with even more severe impacts predicted in the Anthropocene …

Effects of diesel, heavy metals and plastics pollution on penguins in Antarctica: A review

NA Puasa, A Zulkharnain, G Verasoundarapandian… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Antarctica is contaminated by anthropogenic pollution. Due to the
persistent low temperatures, the toxic impacts of pollution to the environment can be …

Foraging in a dynamic environment: Response of four sympatric sub‐Antarctic albatross species to interannual environmental variability

T Carpenter‐Kling, RR Reisinger, F Orgeret… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal and annual climate variations are linked to fluctuations in the abundance and
distribution of resources, posing a significant challenge to animals that need to adjust their …