Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

Tammy E. Davies; Ana P.B.  Carneiro; Marguerite Tarzia; Ewan Wakefield; Janos C. Hennicke; Morten Frederiksen; Erpur S. Hansen; Bruna Campos; Carolina Hazin; Ben Lascelles; Tycho Anker-Nilssen; Hólmfríður Arnardóttir; Robert T. Barret; Manuel Biscoito; Loïch Ballache; Thierry Boulinier; Paulo Catry; Filipe R. Ceia; Olivier Chastel; Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard; Marta Cruz-Flores; Jóhannis Danielsen; Francis Daunt; Euan Dunn; Carsten Egevang; Ana Isabel Fagundes; Sveinn A. Hanssen; Annette L. Fayet; Jérôme Fort; Robert W. Furness; Olivier Gilg; Jacob González-Solís; José P. Granadeiro; David Grémillet; Tim Guilford; Sveinn A. Hanssen; Michael P. Harris; April Hedd; Nicholas P. Huffeldt; Mark Jessopp; Yann Kolbeinsson; Johannes Krietsch; Johannes Lang; Jannie Fries Linnebjerg; Svein-Håkon Lorentsen; Jeremy Madeiros; Ellen Magnusdottir; Mark L. Mallory; Laura McFarlane Tranquilla; Flemming Ravn Merkel; Teresa Militão; Børge Moe; William A. Montevecchi; Virginia Morera-Pujol; Anders Mosbech; Verónica Neves; Mark Newell; Bergur Olsen; Vitor H. Paiva; Hans-Ulrich Peter; Aevar Petersen; Richard A. Phillips; Iván Ramírez; Jaime A. Ramos; Raül Ramos; Robert A. Ronconi; Peter G. Ryan; Niels Martin Schmidt; Ingvar A. Sigurðsson; Benoît Sittler; Harald Steen; Iain J. Stenhouse; Hallvard Strøm; Geir Helge Systad; Paul Thompson; Thorkell L. Thórarinsson; Rob S.A. van Bemmelen; Sarah Wanless; Francis Zino; Maria P. Dias

doi:10.1111/conl.12824

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

Tammy E. Davies, Ana P.B. Carneiro, Marguerite Tarzia, Ewan Wakefield, Janos C. Hennicke, Morten Frederiksen, Erpur S. Hansen, Bruna Campos, Carolina Hazin, Ben Lascelles, Tycho Anker-Nilssen, Hólmfríður Arnardóttir, Robert T. Barret, Manuel Biscoito, Loïch Ballache, Thierry Boulinier, Paulo Catry, Filipe R. Ceia, Olivier Chastel, Signe Christensen-DalsgaardMarta Cruz-Flores, Jóhannis Danielsen, Francis Daunt, Euan Dunn, Carsten Egevang, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Sveinn A. Hanssen, Annette L. Fayet, Jérôme Fort, Robert W. Furness, Olivier Gilg, Jacob González-Solís, José P. Granadeiro, David Grémillet, Tim Guilford, Sveinn A. Hanssen, Michael P. Harris, April Hedd, Nicholas P. Huffeldt, Mark Jessopp, Yann Kolbeinsson, Johannes Krietsch, Johannes Lang, Jannie Fries Linnebjerg, Svein-Håkon Lorentsen, Jeremy Madeiros, Ellen Magnusdottir, Mark L. Mallory, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Flemming Ravn Merkel, Teresa Militão, Børge Moe, William A. Montevecchi, Virginia Morera-Pujol, Anders Mosbech, Verónica Neves, Mark Newell, Bergur Olsen, Vitor H. Paiva, Hans-Ulrich Peter, Aevar Petersen, Richard A. Phillips, Iván Ramírez, Jaime A. Ramos, Raül Ramos, Robert A. Ronconi, Peter G. Ryan, Niels Martin Schmidt, Ingvar A. Sigurðsson, Benoît Sittler, Harald Steen, Iain J. Stenhouse, Hallvard Strøm, Geir Helge Systad, Paul Thompson, Thorkell L. Thórarinsson, Rob S.A. van Bemmelen, Sarah Wanless, Francis Zino, Maria P. Dias

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The conservation of migratory marine species, including pelagic seabirds, is challenging because their movements span vast distances frequently beyond national jurisdictions. Here, we aim to identify important aggregations of seabirds in the North Atlantic to inform ongoing regional conservation efforts. Using tracking, phenology, and population data, we mapped the abundance and diversity of 21 seabird species. This revealed a major hotspot associated with a discrete area of the subpolar frontal zone, used annually by 2.9–5 million seabirds from ≥56 colonies in the Atlantic: the first time this magnitude of seabird concentrations has been documented in the high seas. The hotspot is temporally stable and amenable to site-based conservation and is under consideration as a marine protected area by the OSPAR Commission. Protection could help mitigate current and future threats facing species in the area. Overall, our approach provides an exemplar data-driven pathway for future conservation efforts on the high seas

Original language	English
Article number	e12824
Pages (from-to)	1-14
Number of pages	14
Journal	Conservation Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12824
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

area beyond national jurisdiction
Atlantic
biologging
conservation
high seas
marine protected area
regional seas convention

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Davies, T. E., Carneiro, A. P. B., Tarzia, M., Wakefield, E., Hennicke, J. C., Frederiksen, M., Hansen, E. S., Campos, B., Hazin, C., Lascelles, B., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arnardóttir, H., Barret, R. T., Biscoito, M., Ballache, L., Boulinier, T., Catry, P., Ceia, F. R., Chastel, O., ... Dias, M. P. (2021). Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic. Conservation Biology, 14(5), 1-14. Article e12824. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12824

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Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

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