Fig. 1: Habitat suitability averaged across three downscaled earth system models for eight highly mobile species in California’s National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS), from purple = low habitat suitability (0) to red = high habitat suitability (1) for the historical period (1985–2015). | npj Ocean Sustainability

Fig. 1: Habitat suitability averaged across three downscaled earth system models for eight highly mobile species in California’s National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS), from purple = low habitat suitability (0) to red = high habitat suitability (1) for the historical period (1985–2015).

From: Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species

Fig. 1

The four NMS boundaries are represented by black lines and are identified in (A). Eight species are included (ordered by taxon): A blue whale, B humpback whale, C California sea lion, D swordfish, E shortfin mako shark, F common thresher shark, G blue shark, and H leatherback turtle. Habitat suitability maps were rescaled to 0–1 for all species to facilitate comparisons. The isolated square represents the Davidson Seamount and is part of the Monterey Bay NMS.

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