Increase of tropical seabirds (Sula) in the California Current Ecosystem with warmer ocean conditions
Tamara M. Russell,
David M. Pereksta,
James R. Tietz
et al.
Abstract:Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems in the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) through physical changes (e.g., an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves) that manifest biologically at all trophic levels. We investigated range expansion into the CCE and correlations with environment for a group of tropical/sub-tropical seabirds. We assessed changes in the abundance (2002-2022) of five species from the genus, Sula (Cocos, Blue-footed, Red-footed, Masked, and Nazca Boobies), using a … Show more
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