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 …

Genome-wide analyses reveal drivers of penguin diversification

JA Vianna, FAN Fernandes, MJ Frugone… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - pnas.org
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 call of the emperor penguin: Legal responses to species threatened by climate change

S Jenouvrier, J Che‐Castaldo, S Wolf… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Species extinction risk is accelerating due to anthropogenic climate change, making it
urgent to protect vulnerable species through legal frameworks in order to facilitate …

Influence of past climate change on phylogeography and demographic history of narwhals, Monodon monoceros

M Louis, M Skovrind… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Arctic is warming at an unprecedented rate, with unknown consequences for endemic
fauna. However, Earth has experienced severe climatic oscillations in the past, and …

Whole-genome analyses reveal past population fluctuations and low genetic diversities of the North Pacific albatrosses

S Huynh, A Cloutier, G Chen, DTC Chan… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Throughout the Plio-Pleistocene, climate change has impacted tropical marine
ecosystems substantially, with even more severe impacts predicted in the Anthropocene …

Adaptation and cryptic pseudogenization in penguin toll-like receptors

SR Fiddaman, M Vinkler, SG Spiro… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Penguins (Sphenisciformes) are an iconic order of flightless, diving seabirds distributed
across a large latitudinal range in the Southern Hemisphere. The extensive area over which …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of diesel, heavy metals and plastics pollution on penguins in Antarctica: A review

NA Puasa, A Zulkharnain, G Verasoundarapandian… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Antarctica is contaminated by anthropogenic pollution. Due to the
persistent low temperatures, the toxic impacts of pollution to the environment can be …

Foraging in a dynamic environment: Response of four sympatric sub‐Antarctic albatross species to interannual environmental variability

T Carpenter‐Kling, RR Reisinger, F Orgeret… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Seasonal and annual climate variations are linked to fluctuations in the abundance and
distribution of resources, posing a significant challenge to animals that need to adjust their …