Friday, October 19, 2012

As waters warm, predators may go hungry

San Francisco Chronicle: Predators of the North Pacific Ocean - among them many sharks, whales, seals and sea turtles - will be forced to swim farther from their food supplies or go hungry as the world's warming climate shifts their normal habitats, a marine scientist has concluded. Yet the changes pushed by ocean warming may benefit some seabirds and fast-swimming tuna, which are built to forage farther than their competitors, according to a study by Elliott Hazen, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries...

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/As-waters-warm-predators-may-go-hungry-3961643.php
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