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Collapse of South Africa's penguins in the early 21st century

Crawford, RJM, Altwegg, R, Barham, BJ, Barham, PJ, Durant, JM, Dyer, BM, Geldenhuys, D, Makhado, AB, Pichegru, L, Ryan, PG, Underhill, LG, Upfold, L, Visagie, J, Waller, LJ, Whittington, PA·2011·African Journal of Marine Science

Abstract

The number of African penguins Spheniscus demersus breeding in South Africa collapsed from about 56 000 pairs in 2001 to some 21 000 pairs in 2009, a loss of 35 000 pairs (>60%) in eight years. This reduced the global population to 26 000 pairs, when including Namibian breeders, and led to classification of the species as Endangered. In South Africa, penguins breed in two regions, the Western Cape and Algoa Bay (Eastern Cape), their breeding localities in these regions being separated by c. 600 km. Their main food is anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus and sardine Sardinops sagax, which are also the target of purse-seine fisheries. In Algoa Bay, numbers of African penguins halved from 21 000 pairs in 2001 to 10 000 pairs in 2003. In the Western Cape, numbers decreased from a mean of 35 000 pairs in 2001–2005 to 11 000 pairs in 2009. At Dassen Island, the annual survival rate of adult penguins decreased from 0.70 in 2002/2003 to 0.46 in 2006/2007; at Robben Island it decreased from 0.77 to 0.55 in the same period. In both the Western and Eastern Cape provinces, long-term trends in numbers of penguins breeding were significantly related to the combined biomass of anchovy and sardine off South Africa. However, recent decreases in the Western Cape were greater than expected given a continuing high abundance of anchovy. In this province, there was a south-east displacement of prey around 2000, which led to a mismatch in the distributions of prey and the western breeding localities of p…

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Authors
Crawford, R., Altwegg, R., Barham, B., Barham, P., Durant, J., Dyer, B., Geldenhuys, D., Makhado, A., Pichegru, L., Ryan, P., Underhill, L., Upfold, L., Visagie, J., Waller, L., & Whittington, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
  • Government of South Africa (ZA)
  • CapeNature (ZA)
  • Nelson Mandela University (ZA)
Venue
African Journal of Marine Science
Published
2011-04
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
139-156
ISSN
  • 1814-232X (ISSN-L)
  • 1814-2338
OpenAlex
W2151041209
Cited by
165
References
78
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FWCI
12.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • African Journal of Marine Science (publishedVersion)
  • Nelson Mandela University Research Repository (submittedVersion)
  • Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
  • Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Earthwatch Institute
  • South African National Parks
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Marine animal studies overview
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Aquatic Science › Marine and fisheries research
Keywords
African penguin, Spheniscus demersus, population decline (ecology), breeding population, threatened species, anchovy, sardine, adult survival, purse seine fishing, Western Cape, Algoa Bay, Dassen Island, Robben Island, bycatch

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