Ecological impacts of climate change on Arctic marine megafauna

D Grémillet, S Descamps - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Global warming affects the Arctic more than any other region. Mass media constantly relay
apocalyptic visions of climate change threatening Arctic wildlife, especially emblematic …

Long‐term data reveal contrasting impacts of native versus invasive nest predators in Iceland

JE Jónsson, FS Rickowski, F Ruland… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bird species on islands are strongly impacted by biological invasions, with the Icelandic
common eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) being particularly threatened. Down …

Life history adaptations to fluctuating environments: Combined effects of demographic buffering and lability

C Le Coeur, NG Yoccoz, R Salguero‐Gómez… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Demographic buffering and lability have been identified as adaptive strategies to optimise
fitness in a fluctuating environment. These are not mutually exclusive, however, we lack …

Impacts of marine heatwaves may be mediated by seabird life history strategies

EJ Woehler, AJ Hobday - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2023 - int-res.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of anomalously warm water associated with
changes in ocean structure, based on the horizontal advection of water masses and …

Top‐down control of a marine mesopredator: Increase in native white‐tailed eagles accelerates the extinction of an endangered seabird population

T Anker‐Nilssen, AL Fayet… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bottom‐up control is an important regulator of marine mesopredators such as seabirds. The
prevalence of top‐down control on these species is however less well understood. In …

Environment‐triggered demographic changes cascade and compound to propel a dramatic decline of an Antarctic seabird metapopulation

L Emmerson, C Southwell - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While seabirds are well‐known for making a living under some of the harshest conditions on
the planet, their capacity to buffer against unfavourable conditions can be stretched in …

Inter-population synchrony in adult survival and effects of climate and extreme weather in non-breeding areas of Atlantic puffins

TK Reiertsen, K Layton-Matthews, KE Erikstad… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
Seabirds are undergoing drastic declines globally and spend the non-breeding season at
sea, making it challenging to study the drivers of their survival. Harsh weather and changes …

Contrasting phytoplankton-zooplankton distributions observed through autonomous platforms, in-situ optical sensors and discrete sampling

GM Fragoso, EJ Davies, TO Fossum, JE Ullgren… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Plankton distributions are remarkably 'patchy'in the ocean. In this study, we investigated the
contrasting phytoplankton-zooplankton distributions in relation to wind mixing events in …

Local perspectives on climate change, its impact and adaptation: A case study from the Westfjords region of Iceland

D Bannan, R Ólafsdóttir, BD Hennig - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Rising temperatures,
changing precipitation and more weather extremes pose risks to local societies worldwide …

Climate oscillations drive millennial‐scale changes in seabird colony size

MP Duda, F Cyr, GJ Robertson… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seabird population size is intimately linked to the physical, chemical, and biological
processes of the oceans. Yet, the overall effects of long‐term changes in ocean dynamics on …