Climate impacts on the Gulf of Maine ecosystem: a review of observed and expected changes in 2050 from rising temperatures

AJ Pershing, MA Alexander, DC Brady… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
The Gulf of Maine has recently experienced its warmest 5-year period (2015–2020) in the
instrumental record. This warming was associated with a decline in the signature subarctic …

Climate change and overfishing increase neurotoxicant in marine predators

AT Schartup, CP Thackray, A Qureshi, C Dassuncao… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
More than three billion people rely on seafood for nutrition. However, fish are the
predominant source of human exposure to methylmercury (MeHg), a potent neurotoxic …

[HTML][HTML] The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits

W Melle, J Runge, E Head, S Plourde… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Here we present a new, pan-Atlantic compilation and analysis of data on Calanus
finmarchicus abundance, demography, dormancy, egg production and mortality in relation to …

[HTML][HTML] Marine amphipods as integral members of global ocean ecosystems

CJ Ritter, DG Bourne - Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 2024 - Elsevier
Amphipod crustaceans exist across marine habitats from the polar regions to the tropics,
providing a critical biological link between benthic/pelagic processes and …

The role of sand lances (Ammodytes sp.) in the Northwest Atlantic Ecosystem: A synthesis of current knowledge with implications for conservation and management

MD Staudinger, H Goyert, JJ Suca… - Fish and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The American sand lance (Ammodytes americanus, Ammodytidae) and the
Northern sand lance (A. dubius, Ammodytidae) are small forage fishes that play an important …

Ecosystem model skill assessment. Yes we can!

E Olsen, G Fay, S Gaichas, R Gamble, S Lucey… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Need to Assess the Skill of Ecosystem Models Accelerated changes to global ecosystems
call for holistic and integrated analyses of past, present and future states under various …

Implementing ecosystem approaches to fishery management: risk assessment in the US Mid-Atlantic

SK Gaichas, GS DePiper, RJ Seagraves… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fishery managers worldwide are evaluating methods for incorporating climate, habitat,
ecological, social, and economic factors into current operations in order to implement …

Diversity in thermal affinity among key piscivores buffers impacts of ocean warming on predator–prey interactions

RL Selden, RD Batt, VS Saba… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Asymmetries in responses to climate change have the potential to alter important predator–
prey interactions, in part by altering the location and size of spatial refugia for prey. We …

Consumption by marine mammals on the Northeast US continental shelf

LA Smith, JS Link, SX Cadrin… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The economic and ecological impacts of fish consumption by marine mammals, the
associated interactions with commercial fish stocks, and the forage demands of these …

Biological and environmental drivers of trophic ecology in marine fishes-a global perspective

B Hayden, MLD Palomares, BE Smith, JH Poelen - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Dietary niche width and trophic position are key functional traits describing a consumer's
trophic ecology and the role it plays in a community. However, our understanding of the …