The demographic decline of a sea lion population followed multi-decadal sea surface warming
K. Adame, F. R. Elorriaga-Verplancken, E. Beier, K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, M. A. Pardo
This paper links multi-decadal sea surface warming in the Gulf of California to a 65% decline in California sea lion population size between 1991 and 2019.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2020Ecology