Marc-Alexander Gose, Emily Humble, Andrew Brownlow, Dave Wall, Emer Rogan, Guðjón Már Sigurðsson, Jeremy J Kiszka, Charlotte Bie Thøstesen, Lonneke L IJsseldijk, Mariel Ten Doeschate, Nicholas J Davison, Nils Øien, Rob Deaville, Ursula Siebert, Rob Ogden
Climate change is rapidly affecting species distributions across the globe, particularly in the North Atlantic. For highly mobile and elusive cetaceans, the genetic data needed to understand population dynamics are often scarce. Cold-water obligate species such as the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris) face pressures from habitat shifts due to rising sea surface temperatures in addition to other direct anthropogenic threats. Unravelling the genetic connectivity between white-beaked dolphins across their range is needed to understand the extent to which climate change and anthropogenic pressures may impact species-wide genetic diversity and identify ways to protect remaining habitat...
April 2024: Heredity