Dear Marine
Mammal community,
We
are pleased to share with you this publication on the "Response
of cetaceans to fluctuations of pelagic fish stocks and
environmental conditions within the Celtic Sea ecosystem":
https://t.co/oxpPUKnYC8
The
Celtic Sea herring stock has declined drastically since 2013 and
has not yet recovered. This situation has led to concerns about
the possible implications on herring predators, such as
cetaceans. In this study we investigate the spatio-temporal
patterns of the ecosystem conditions and the relative abundance
and distribution of cetaceans and prey species. We also modelled
the response of cetaceans (common dolphins, fin, minke, humpback
and unidentified whale species) to fluctuations of prey (herring
and sprat) and environmental conditions (SST, CHL, PAR, ZEU and
their variation).
If
the topic has caught your attention, check out the article for
more information! And last but not least, please feel free to
contact me if your interest goes beyond the paper. Any comments
you would like to share with me are more than welcome!
Best
wishes,
Andrea
Fariñas-Bermejo
PhD
student
Instituto
de Investigaciones Marinas (IIM-CSIC)
Vigo,
Spain