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Golikova E, Varfolomeeva MA, Kursheva A, Morgunova I, Aristov D, Renaud PE, Granovitch A, Korsun S. Measuring ecological quality status in low-diversity Arctic intertidal foraminiferal assemblages using a diversity-based index. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2024; 203:116473. [PMID: 38820879 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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EcoQS assessment of the marine intertidal zone based on its fauna is challenging because the assemblages have a low diversity and consist of stress tolerant species. The new approach we propose is to pool foraminiferal diversity (effective number of species exp(H'bc)) across the whole intertidal zone including the salt marsh and tidal flat. In seven fjordheads studied in northern Fennoscandia, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations indicated low levels of pollution (EcoQSPAH Excellent to Moderate). Jadammina or Balticammina dominated the salt marsh, Elphidium albiumbilicatum, Elphidium williamsoni, Elphidium clavatum, and Buccella frigida occurred in the tidal flat. Ovammina opaca thrived in both belts. While foraminiferal test abnormalities are often proposed to measure pollution impacts, we did not detect any correlation with PAHs. EcoQS based on foraminiferal diversity (EcoQSforam Excellent to Good) matched EcoQS based on PAHs suggesting that pooled foraminiferal diversity reliably measures intertidal EcoQS.
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- Elena Golikova
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Academician I.S. Gramberg All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean (FSBI "VNIIOkeangeologia"), 190121, Angliyskiy Av. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Academician I.S. Gramberg All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean (FSBI "VNIIOkeangeologia"), 190121, Angliyskiy Av. 1, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
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- Akvaplan-niva, Fram Centre for Climate and Environment, N-9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya nab. 7/9, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskiy pr. 36, 117997 Moscow, Russia
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Lameris TK, de Jong ME, Boom MP, van der Jeugd HP, Litvin KE, Loonen MJJE, Nolet BA, Prop J. Climate warming may affect the optimal timing of reproduction for migratory geese differently in the low and high Arctic. Oecologia 2019; 191:1003-1014. [PMID: 31624958 PMCID: PMC6853861 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04533-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rapid climate warming is driving organisms to advance timing of reproduction with earlier springs, but the rate of advancement shows large variation, even among populations of the same species. In this study, we investigated how the rate of advancement in timing of reproduction with a warming climate varies for barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) populations breeding at different latitudes in the Arctic. We hypothesized that populations breeding further North are generally more time constrained and, therefore, produce clutches earlier relative to the onset of spring than southern populations. Therefore, with increasing temperatures and a progressive relief of time constraint, we expected latitudinal differences to decrease. For the years 2000–2016, we determined the onset of spring from snow cover data derived from satellite images, and compiled data on egg laying date and reproductive performance in one low-Arctic and two high-Arctic sites. As expected, high-Arctic geese laid their eggs earlier relative to snowmelt than low-Arctic geese. Contrary to expectations, advancement in laying dates was similar in high- and low-Arctic colonies, at a rate of 27% of the advance in date of snowmelt. Although advancement of egg laying did not fully compensate for the advancement of snowmelt, geese laying eggs at intermediate dates in the low Arctic were the most successful breeders. In the high Arctic, however, early nesting geese were the most successful breeders, suggesting that high-Arctic geese have not advanced their laying dates sufficiently to earlier springs. This indicates that high-Arctic geese especially are vulnerable to negative effects of climate warming.
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- Thomas K Lameris
- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Theoretical and Computational Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, and Utrecht University, Den Burg, The Netherlands.
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- Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Behavioural Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Vogeltrekstation-Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Vogeltrekstation-Dutch Centre for Avian Migration and Demography (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Theoretical and Computational Ecology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Uher‐Koch BD, Schmutz JA, Wilson HM, Anthony RM, Day TL, Fondell TF, Person BT, Sedinger JS. Ecosystem‐scale loss of grazing habitat impacted by abundance of dominant herbivores. Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center Anchorage Alaska USA
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- Migratory Bird Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Alaska USA
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- Institute of Culture and Environment Alaska Pacific University Anchorage Alaska USA
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- Department of Wildlife Management North Slope Borough Barrow Alaska USA
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- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science University of Nevada Reno Reno Nevada USA
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Spatial and temporal variation of hydrological characteristics and zooplankton community composition influenced by freshwater runoff in the shallow Pechora Sea. Polar Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2407-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Shariati M, Skidmore AK, Darvishzadeh R, Exo KM, Kölzsch A, Griffin L, Stahl J, Cabot D, Toxopeus AG. Expert system for modelling stopover site selection by barnacle geese. Ecol Modell 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lameris TK, Jochems F, van der Graaf AJ, Andersson M, Limpens J, Nolet BA. Forage plants of an Arctic-nesting herbivore show larger warming response in breeding than wintering grounds, potentially disrupting migration phenology. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:2652-2660. [PMID: 28428856 PMCID: PMC5395431 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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During spring migration, herbivorous waterfowl breeding in the Arctic depend on peaks in the supply of nitrogen-rich forage plants, following a "green wave" of grass growth along their flyway to fuel migration and reproduction. The effects of climate warming on forage plant growth are expected to be larger at the Arctic breeding grounds than in temperate wintering grounds, potentially disrupting this green wave and causing waterfowl to mistime their arrival on the breeding grounds. We studied the potential effect of climate warming on timing of food peaks along the migratory flyway of the Russian population of barnacle geese using a warming experiment with open-top chambers. We measured the effect of 1.0-1.7°C experimental warming on forage plant biomass and nitrogen concentration at three sites along the migratory flyway (temperate wintering site, temperate spring stopover site, and Arctic breeding site) during 2 months for two consecutive years. We found that experimental warming increased biomass accumulation and sped up the decline in nitrogen concentration of forage plants at the Arctic breeding site but not at temperate wintering and stop-over sites. Increasing spring temperatures in the Arctic will thus shorten the food peak of nitrogen-rich forage at the breeding grounds. Our results further suggest an advance of the local food peak in the Arctic under 1-2°C climate warming, which will likely cause migrating geese to mistime their arrival at the breeding grounds, particularly considering the Arctic warms faster than the temperate regions. The combination of a shorter food peak and mistimed arrival is likely to decrease goose reproductive success under climate warming by reducing growth and survival of goslings after hatching.
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- Thomas K. Lameris
- Department of Animal EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO)WageningenThe Netherlands
- Theoretical and Computational EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Animal EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO)WageningenThe Netherlands
- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation GroupUniversity of WageningenWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation GroupUniversity of WageningenWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Department of Animal EcologyNetherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO)WageningenThe Netherlands
- Theoretical and Computational EcologyInstitute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem DynamicsUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Avé MH, Voslamber B, Hallmann CA, Stahl J. Rearing conditions of greylag geese affect habitat choice throughout life. WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Maaike H. Avé
- M. H. Avé , B. Voslamber and J. Stahl, Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, PO Box 6521, NL-6500 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- M. H. Avé , B. Voslamber and J. Stahl, Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, PO Box 6521, NL-6500 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- C. A. Hallmann, Inst. for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University, PO Box 9010, NL-6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- M. H. Avé , B. Voslamber and J. Stahl, Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, PO Box 6521, NL-6500 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Rozenfeld SB, Sheremetiev IS. Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) feeding ecology and trophic relationships on Kolguev Island: The usage patterns of nutritional resources in tundra and seashore habitats. BIOL BULL+ 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s106235901408007x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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van der Graaf A, Stahl J, Veen G, Havinga R, Drent R. Patch choice of avian herbivores along a migration trajectory–From Temperate to Arctic. Basic Appl Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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