Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres resulting from the northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016.

Extreme mortality and reproductive failure of common murres resulting from the northeast Pacific marine heatwave of 2014-2016.

About 62,000 dead or dying common murres (Uria aalge), the trophically dominant fish-eating seabird of the North Pacific, washed ashore between summer 2015 and spring 2016 on beaches from California to Alaska. Most birds were severely emaciated and, so far, no evidence for anything other than starva...

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Main Authors: John F Piatt, Julia K Parrish, Heather M Renner, Sarah K Schoen, Timothy T Jones, Mayumi L Arimitsu, Kathy J Kuletz, Barbara Bodenstein, Marisol García-Reyes, Rebecca S Duerr, Robin M Corcoran, Robb S A Kaler, Gerard J McChesney, Richard T Golightly, Heather A Coletti, Robert M Suryan, Hillary K Burgess, Jackie Lindsey, Kirsten Lindquist, Peter M Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jan Roletto, William J Sydeman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226087

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226087

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