Marine ecosystem assessment for the Southern Ocean: birds and marine mammals in a changing climate

S Bestley, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

Update on the global abundance and distribution of breeding Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua)

R Herman, A Borowicz, M Lynch, P Trathan, T Hart… - Polar Biology, 2020 - Springer
Though climate change is widely known to negatively affect the distribution and abundance
of many species, few studies have focused on species that may benefit. Gentoo Penguin …

Genomic insights into the secondary aquatic transition of penguins

TL Cole, C Zhou, M Fang, H Pan, DT Ksepka… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Penguins lost the ability to fly more than 60 million years ago, subsequently evolving a hyper-
specialized marine body plan. Within the framework of a genome-scale, fossil-inclusive …

A global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

N Strycker, M Wethington, A Borowicz, S Forrest… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Using satellite imagery, drone imagery, and ground counts, we have assembled the first
comprehensive global population assessment of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) …

Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification

JA Vianna, FAN Fernandes… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Penguins are the only extant family of flightless diving birds. They currently comprise at least
18 species, distributed from polar to tropical environments in the Southern Hemisphere. The …

The Paris Agreement objectives will likely halt future declines of emperor penguins

S Jenouvrier, M Holland, D Iles… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Paris Agreement is a multinational initiative to combat climate change by
keeping a global temperature increase in this century to 2° C above preindustrial levels …

Killer whale genomes reveal a complex history of recurrent admixture and vicariance

AD Foote, MD Martin, M Louis, G Pacheco… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reconstruction of the demographic and evolutionary history of populations assuming a
consensus tree‐like relationship can mask more complex scenarios, which are prevalent in …

Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins

TL Cole, L Dutoit, N Dussex, T Hart… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Climate shifts are key drivers of ecosystem change. Despite the critical importance of
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean for global climate, the extent of climate-driven ecological …

Complex population structure of the Atlantic puffin revealed by whole genome analyses

O Kersten, B Star, DM Leigh, T Anker-Nilssen… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
The factors underlying gene flow and genomic population structure in vagile seabirds are
notoriously difficult to understand due to their complex ecology with diverse dispersal …

Genomics detects population structure within and between ocean basins in a circumpolar seabird: the white‐chinned petrel

K Rexer‐Huber, AJ Veale, P Catry, Y Cherel… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Southern Ocean represents a continuous stretch of circumpolar marine habitat,
but the potential physical and ecological drivers of evolutionary genetic differentiation across …