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A review of climate change impacts on migration patterns of marine ... frontiersin.org Oct 25, 2024 9 facts
referenceWalleye pollock have developed a migratory pattern where larvae and juveniles are advected from the northern Bering Sea into the Chukchi Sea, with a presumed return migration, according to Levine et al. (2023).
referencePacific cod have been observed in the northern Bering Sea, but juveniles passing through the Bering Strait are unlikely to survive beyond age-1 due to poor growth conditions in the Chukchi Sea, according to Cooper et al. (2023).
claimGray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) have been departing the northern Bering Sea and southern Chukchi Sea earlier each year since 2016, although their spring arrival timing in the Pacific Arctic has shown little change.
claimAncient murrelets (Synthliboramphus antiquus) that breed on islands in British Columbia and the Aleutian Archipelago migrate to the northern Bering and Chukchi seas after their breeding periods.
referenceRussell et al. (1999) published a study titled 'Foraging at a front: hydrography, zooplankton, and avian planktivory in the northern Bering Sea' in Marine Ecology Progress Series.
claimAuklet populations experienced breeding failures in the northern Bering Sea and showed low numbers migrating to the Chukchi Sea in 2019.
claimThick-billed and common murres in the northern Bering Sea exhibit different foraging ecologies during years of contrasting sea-ice conditions, as studied by A. Takahashi, J. B. Thiebot, A. Will, S. Tsukamoto, B. Merkel, and A. Kitaysky in 2021.
claimSeabird communities in the Northern Bering and Chukchi seas experienced distributional shifts in response to ocean warming between 2017 and 2019, according to Kuletz et al. (2020).
claimAncient murrelets and Kittlitz’s murrelets show a long-term trend of increasing numbers in the northern Bering and Chukchi seas during late summer and fall.
How Climate Change is Changing Animal Habits neefusa.org Oct 4, 2023 2 facts
claimPacific cod may be prevented from adapting to climate change because the northern Bering Sea remains too cold for the specific temperatures required for Pacific cod eggs to develop and hatch.
claimPacific cod have expanded their summer range into the northern Bering Sea to locate food, but the water remains too cold for their eggs to successfully develop and hatch, potentially hindering the species' adaptation to climate change.