Harp seals: Monitors of change in differing ecosystems

GB Stenson, T Haug, MO Hammill - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Harp seals are the most abundant marine mammal in the north Atlantic. As an ice obligatory
predator, they reflect changes in their environment, particularly during a period of climatic …

Predicting how climate change threatens the prey base of Arctic marine predators

KRN Florko, TC Tai, WWL Cheung… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic sea ice loss has direct consequences for predators. Climate‐driven distribution shifts
of native and invasive prey species may exacerbate these consequences. We assessed …

Zinc isotopes from archaeological bones provide reliable trophic level information for marine mammals

J McCormack, P Szpak, N Bourgon, M Richards… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
In marine ecology, dietary interpretations of faunal assemblages often rely on nitrogen
isotopes as the main or only applicable trophic level tracer. We investigate the geographic …

Comparison of feeding niches between Arctic and northward-moving sub-Arctic marine mammals in Greenland

H Land-Miller, AM Roos, M Simon, R Dietz… - Marine Ecology …, 2023 - int-res.com
The climate change-induced northward movement of sub-Arctic marine mammals increases
their range overlap and interactions with native Arctic species. We compared feeding …

Competing with each other: Fish isotopic niche in two resource availability contexts

L Pelage, F Lucena-Frédou, LN Eduardo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Competition embodies species struggle for space and food and is, therefore, a
critical evolutionary mechanism influencing species spatiotemporal patterns and …

No plastics detected in seal (Phocidae) stomachs harvested in the eastern Canadian Arctic

MPT Bourdages, JF Provencher, E Sudlovenick… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Through collaboration with Inuit hunters, we examined the stomach contents of 142 seals
(ringed seals [Phoca hispida; n= 135], bearded seals [Erignathus barbatus; n= 6], and one …

Multi‐decadal trends in biomarkers in harp seal teeth from the North Atlantic reveal the influence of prey availability on seal trophic position

C de la Vega, J Kershaw, GB Stenson… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arctic food webs are being impacted by borealisation and environmental change. To
quantify the impact of these multiple forcings, it is crucial to accurately determine the …

Trophic niche overlap and abundance reveal potential impact of interspecific interactions on a reintroduced fish

SM Larocque, TB Johnson… - Canadian Journal of …, 2021 - cdnsciencepub.com
Conceptually, trophic niche overlap and species abundance can describe the strength and
number of interspecific trophic interactions to determine the competitive impact on …

Diet and life history reduce interspecific and intraspecific competition among three sympatric Arctic cephalopods

AV Golikov, FR Ceia, RM Sabirov, GA Batalin… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Trophic niche and diet comparisons among closely sympatric marine species are important
to understand complex food webs, particularly in regions most affected by climate change …

Spatiotemporal variation in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) foraging ecology along western Hudson Bay, Nunavut, Canada

CW Faulkner, SJ Ittinuar, CU Tartak… - Canadian Journal of …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Climate-induced alterations to Arctic sea ice dynamics are influencing resource availability
and distribution, and in turn, restructuring Arctic marine food webs, which can be monitored …