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| DOI | 10.1111/gcb.17352 |
| Climate change introduces threatened killer whale populations and conservation challenges to the Arctic | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 1354-1013 |
| EISSN | 1365-2486 |
| 起始页码 | 30 |
| 结束页码 | 6 |
| 卷号 | 30期号:6 |
| 英文摘要 | The Arctic is the fastest-warming region on the planet, and the lengthening ice-free season is opening Arctic waters to sub-Arctic species such as the killer whale (Orcinus orca). As apex predators, killer whales can cause significant ecosystem-scale changes. Setting conservation priorities for killer whales and their Arctic prey species requires knowledge of their evolutionary history and demographic trajectory. Using whole-genome resequencing of 24 killer whales sampled in the northwest Atlantic, we first explored the population structure and demographic history of Arctic killer whales. To better understand the broader geographic relationship of these Arctic killer whales to other populations, we compared them to a globally sampled dataset. Finally, we assessed threats to Arctic killer whales due to anthropogenic harvest by reviewing the peer-reviewed and gray literature. We found that there are two highly genetically distinct, non-interbreeding populations of killer whales using the eastern Canadian Arctic. These populations appear to be as genetically different from each other as are ecotypes described elsewhere in the killer whale range; however, our data cannot speak to ecological differences between these populations. One population is newly identified as globally genetically distinct, and the second is genetically similar to individuals sampled from Greenland. The effective sizes of both populations recently declined, and both appear vulnerable to inbreeding and reduced adaptive potential. Our survey of human-caused mortalities suggests that harvest poses an ongoing threat to both populations. The dynamic Arctic environment complicates conservation and management efforts, with killer whales adding top-down pressure on Arctic food webs crucial to northern communities' social and economic well-being. While killer whales represent a conservation priority, they also complicate decisions surrounding wildlife conservation and resource management in the Arctic amid the effects of climate change. Killer whales are moving northward into the Arctic as sea ice melts from a warming climate. Using genetics, we identified two highly distinct Canadian Arctic populations with origins from the western and eastern North Atlantic that appear to be at risk from both inbreeding and harvest. Although these killer whales are threatened, they may also disrupt the Arctic food chain by their increased access to Arctic prey, which presents a complex case for conservation in the Arctic ecosystem.image |
| 英文关键词 | Arctic conservation; effective population size; genetic differentiation; genomics; marine mammal |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
| WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001236168800001 |
| 来源期刊 | GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/292230 |
| 作者单位 | University of Manitoba; Fisheries & Oceans Canada; University of Oslo; Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; Aarhus University |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Climate change introduces threatened killer whale populations and conservation challenges to the Arctic[J],2024,30(6). |
| APA | (2024).Climate change introduces threatened killer whale populations and conservation challenges to the Arctic.GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY,30(6). |
| MLA | "Climate change introduces threatened killer whale populations and conservation challenges to the Arctic".GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 30.6(2024). |
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