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Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate

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In this paper, the authors investigated the potential effect of climate change on the distribution and diversity of marine top predators and found that, based on data from electronic tags on 23 marine species, a change in core habitat range of up to 35% is possible for some species by 2100.
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Climate change scenarios predict an average sea surface temperature rise of 1–6 °C by 2100. Now, a study investigating the potential effect of these changes on the distribution and diversity of marine top predators finds that, based on data from electronic tags on 23 marine species, a change in core habitat range of up to 35% is possible for some species by 2100.

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Potential effects of sea level rise on the terrestrial habitats of endangered and endemic megafauna in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the potential for habitat loss in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) by creating topographic models of several islands and evaluating the potential effects of sea level rise by 2100 under a range of basic passive flooding scenarios.
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Range contraction in large pelagic predators

TL;DR: The results mirror patterns described for many land predators, despite considerable differences in habitat, mobility, and dispersal, and imply ecological extirpation of heavily exploited species across parts of their range.
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Preliminary forecasts of Pacific bigeye tuna population trends under the A2 IPCC scenario

TL;DR: In this paper, an improved version of the SEAPODYM model was used to investigate the potential impacts of global warming on tuna populations, which included an enhanced definition of habitat indices, movements, and accessibility of tuna predators to different vertically migrant and non-migrant micronekton functional groups.
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Insights into the population structure of blue whales in the Eastern North Pacific from recent sightings and photographic identification

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors document 15 blue whale sightings off British Columbia and in the Gulf of Alaska made since 1997, and use identification photographs to show that whales in these areas are currently part of the California feeding population, which may represent a return to a migration pattern that has existed for earlier periods for eastern North Pacific blue whale population.
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Dynamic habitat models: using telemetry data to project fisheries bycatch

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that dynamic habitat models based on telemetry data may help to project interactions with pelagic animals relative to environmental features and that such an approach can serve as a tool to guide conservation and management decisions.
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