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Climate-driven range expansion of a critically endangered top predator in northeast Atlantic waters
By Wynn, R.B., Josey, S.A., Martin, A.P., Johns, D.G. & Yésou, P.
Biology Letters (2007), DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0162
Overview: Global climate change is having a major effect on northeast Atlantic ecosystems, with warm-water plankton and fish species rapidly advancing northwards as sea temperatures rise. Here, we present a unique dataset showing that recent sea surface warming has also triggered a species at the top of the food chain, the critically endangered Balearic Shearwater, to expand its migration range northwards by over 20% in pursuit of food. Up to a third of the world population of this rare Mediterranean seabird now visits UK waters annually, and early indications suggest that other seabirds are being affected in a similar fashion.
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