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Exposure of marine megafauna to cumulative anthropogenic threats in north-west Australia

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Exposure of marine megafauna to cumulative anthropogenic threats in north-west Australia
المؤلفون: Luciana C. Ferreira, Michele Thums, Scott Whiting, Mark Meekan, Virginia Andrews-Goff, Catherine R. M. Attard, Kerstin Bilgmann, Andrew Davenport, Mike Double, Fabio Falchi, Michael Guinea, Sharyn M. Hickey, Curt Jenner, Micheline Jenner, Graham Loewenthal, Glenn McFarlane, Luciana M. Möller, Brad Norman, Lauren Peel, Kellie Pendoley, Ben Radford, Samantha Reynolds, Jason Rossendell, Anton Tucker, David Waayers, Paul Whittock, Phillipa Wilson, Sabrina Fossette
المصدر: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Vol 11 (2023)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: LCC:Evolution
LCC:Ecology
مصطلحات موضوعية: marine turtle, whale, whale shark, oil and gas, shipping, fishing, Evolution, QH359-425, Ecology, QH540-549.5
الوصف: As the use of coastal and offshore environments expands, there is a need to better understand the exposure of marine megafauna to anthropogenic activities that potentially threaten their populations. Individual satellite telemetry studies are often hampered by small sample sizes, providing limited information on spatiotemporal distributions of migratory animals and their relationships to anthropogenic threats. We addressed this issue by synthesising satellite tracking data from 484 individuals of three taxonomic groups and six species; three marine turtle, two whale and one shark. The spatial overlap between taxa distributions and multiple anthropogenic activities was assessed as a proxy for the cumulative exposure of these taxa to anthropogenic threats (coastal modification, vessel strike, underwater noise, oil spill, bycatch, entanglement, and artificial light) across an area totalling 2,205,740 km2 off north-western Australia. Core exposure areas (top 50% of the distribution) encompassed ecologically important sites for all taxa, such as the Ningaloo and Pilbara regions, migratory routes for whales and sharks in offshore waters beyond Ningaloo Reef, and marine turtle nesting beaches at Barrow Island and Cape Lambert. Although areas of high exposure represented
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2296-701X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1229803/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-701X
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1229803
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/97eecb850f9541329006eaca0a62da7b
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.97eecb850f9541329006eaca0a62da7b
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:2296701X
DOI:10.3389/fevo.2023.1229803