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| Title |
Periodic variability in cetacean strandings: links to large-scale climate events
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| Published in |
Biology Letters, May 2005
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0313 |
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| Authors |
K Evans, R Thresher, R.M Warneke, C.J.A Bradshaw, M Pook, D Thiele, M.A Hindell |
| Abstract |
Cetacean strandings elicit much community and scientific interest, but few quantitative analyses have successfully identified environmental correlates to these phenomena. Data spanning 1920-2002, involving a total of 639 stranding events and 39 taxa groups from southeast Australia, were found to demonstrate a clear 11-13- year periodicity in the number of events through time. These data positively correlated with the regional persistence of both zonal (westerly) and meridional (southerly) winds, reflecting general long-term and large-scale shifts in sea-level pressure gradients. Periods of persistent zonal and meridional winds result in colder and presumably nutrient-rich waters being driven closer to southern Australia, resulting in increased biological activity in the water column during the spring months. These observations suggest that large-scale climatic events provide a powerful distal influence on the propensity for whales to strand in this region. These patterns provide a powerful quantitative framework for testing hypotheses regarding environmental links to strandings and provide managers with a potential predictive tool to prepare for years of peak stranding activity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 24 | 41% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 5% |
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 22 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 37 | 63% |
| Scientists | 21 | 36% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 305 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Mexico | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Argentina | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 286 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 83 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 44 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 40 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 10% |
| Other | 27 | 9% |
| Other | 44 | 14% |
| Unknown | 36 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 178 | 58% |
| Environmental Science | 53 | 17% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 10 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 12 | 4% |
| Unknown | 37 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 106. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2023.
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#440
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