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SUBMITTER: Vihtakari M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775339 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vihtakari Mikko M Welcker Jorg J Moe Børge B Chastel Olivier O Tartu Sabrina S Hop Haakon H Bech Claus C Descamps Sébastien S Gabrielsen Geir Wing GW
Scientific reports 20180119 1
Climate warming is rapidly altering marine ecosystems towards a more temperate state on the European side of the Arctic. However, this "Atlantification" has rarely been confirmed, as long-term datasets on Arctic marine organisms are scarce. We present a 19-year time series (1982-2016) of diet samples from black-legged kittiwakes as an indicator of the changes in a high Arctic marine ecosystem (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard). Our results highlight a shift from Arctic prey dominance until 2006 to a more ...[more]