Effects of climate change on the distribution and energy requirements of marine mammals

气候变化对海洋哺乳动物分布和能量需求的影响

• 批准号: 154254-2009
• 负责人: Trites, Andrew
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2012-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=497650
• 关键词: Effects; climate; change; distribution; energy

Static bioenergetic models calculate the energy requirements of an individual or population as a function of age. Currently, the best bioenergetic model for marine mammals is a static model constructed for Steller sea lions (Winship et al. 2002; Winship and Trites 2003). This model will be refined and expanded to predict food requirements of key species of marine mammals in Canada and Alaska (walruses, harbour seals, fur seals, Steller sea lions, killer whales and beluga whales) using published records from wild and captive animals. Data required include diet, biological value of prey (digestibility and proximate composition), foraging costs (energy and time to find food), energy requirements (total and activity-specific), and body size at age estimates. These models will be used to estimate how food requirements for these species will change in response to changes in the prey base and physical environment (e.g., foraging cost, thermoregulation). The models will be further used to develop dynamic bioenergetic models that incorporate the physiological responses (potential range) to changes in animals' energy budgets. The dynamic models will incorporate functional responses that permit individual parameters to change in accordance with other changes in the system. Dynamic bioenergetic models are the most useful means of predicting the effects of changes in an animal's biotic (fish distribution) and abiotic (temperature, ice cover) environment on its behavior and physiology, and ultimately on parameters that impact population levels (survival, reproduction rates). They will be combined with habitat models that incorporate accessibility assumptions based on published age and sex specific constraints, as well as suitability assumptions that use a variety of physical variables (e.g., bathymetry, temperature, salinity, ice cover, haulout sites) to differentiate between regions of equal accessibility. Estimates of the food consumption and energy requirements of marine mammals, and the bioenergetic consequences of global warming on their range distributions have theoretical implications and practical applications for fisheries management.

静态生物能量模型计算作为年龄的函数的个人或群体的能量需求。目前，海洋哺乳动物的最佳生物能量模型是为Steller海狮构建的静态模型（Winship等人，2002年; Winship和Trites，2003年）。这一模式将得到改进和扩大，以便利用已公布的野生和圈养动物记录预测加拿大和阿拉斯加海洋哺乳动物主要物种（海象、港海豹、海狗、斯特勒海狮、虎鲸和白鲸）的食物需求。所需数据包括饮食、猎物的生物价值（消化率和近似成分）、觅食成本（寻找食物的能量和时间）、能量需求（总量和特定活动）和年龄估计的身体大小。这些模型将用于估计这些物种的食物需求将如何随着猎物基础和物理环境的变化而变化（例如，觅食成本、温度调节）。这些模型将进一步用于开发动态生物能量模型，其中包括对动物能量预算变化的生理反应（潜在范围）。动态模型将包括允许个别参数根据系统中的其他变化而变化的功能响应。动态生物能量模型是预测动物的生物（鱼类分布）和非生物（温度，冰盖）环境变化对其行为和生理的影响，并最终影响种群水平（生存，繁殖率）的最有用的手段。它们将与生境模型相结合，这些模型包括基于公布的年龄和性别特定限制的可达性假设，以及使用各种物理变量（例如，水深、温度、盐度、冰盖、牵引点），以区分可达性相同的区域。海洋哺乳动物的食物消耗和能量需求的估计，以及全球变暖对其分布范围的生物能量后果，对渔业管理具有理论意义和实际应用。