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Winners and losers – responses to recent environmental change by South African seabirds that compete with purse-seine fisheries for food

Crawford, Robert JM, Makhado, Azwianewi B, Waller, Lauren J, Whittington, Philip A·2014·Ostrich

Abstract

There were recent changes in the distributions of the main prey of four seabirds off South Africa, with sardine Sardinops sagax and anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus shifting from South Africa's north-west coast towards the south-east. This contributed to numbers of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus and Cape Cormorants Phalacrocorax capensis breeding in South Africa decreasing by more than 50%. By contrast, numbers of Cape Gannets Morus capensis and Swift (Crested) Terns Thalasseus bergii increased. The success of the gannet and the tern in the face of recent change is attributable to a rapid increase in South Africa's eastern colony of gannets, aided by high survival of adult birds and perhaps by immigration of first-time breeders from decreasing western colonies, and a probable high production of Swift Terns. The gannet has an extensive foraging range and the tern is nomadic between breeding localities, which gives these species greater flexibility than the other two to adapt to large changes in the distributions of their prey. Additionally, the gannet is able to supplement its diet with fishery discards. A lesser mobility of the African Penguin and the Cape Cormorant rendered them susceptible to a reduced local availability of prey and both species suffered high adult mortality in the last decade.

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Authors
Crawford, R. J., Makhado, A. B., Waller, L. J., & Whittington, P. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
  • CapeNature (ZA)
  • Nelson Mandela University (ZA)
Corresponding author
Crawford, Robert JM
Venue
Ostrich
Published
2014-05-04
Volume
85
Issue
2
Pages
111-117
ISSN
  • 0030-6525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1727-947X
OpenAlex
W1974969877
Cited by
39
References
47
Citations by year
2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 4
FWCI
4.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Ostrich (publishedVersion)
  • Nelson Mandela University Research Repository (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Research Foundation
  • Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Nelson Mandela University
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Marine and fisheries research
Keywords
sardine, anchovy, African penguin, Cape cormorant, Cape gannet, purse seine fishing, fish discards, seabird colonies, adult mortality, foraging range, nomadism

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