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| Amelineau, Francoise; Gremillet, David; Bonnet, Delphine; Le Bot, Tangi; Fort, Jerme. |
| The earth is warming at an alarming rate, especially in the Arctic, where a marked decline in sea ice cover may have far-ranging consequences for endemic species. Little auks, endemic Arctic seabirds, are key bioindicators as they forage in the marginal ice zone and feed preferentially on lipid-rich Arctic copepods and ice-associated amphipods sensitive to the consequences of global warming. We tested how little auks cope with an ice-free foraging environment during the breeding season. To this end, we took advantage of natural variation in sea ice concentration along the east coast of Greenland. We compared foraging and diving behaviour, chick diet and growth and adult body condition between two years, in the presence versus nearby absence of sea ice in... |
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| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00626/73762/74032.pdf |
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