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Advection of Atlantic water masses influences seabird community foraging in a high-Arctic fjord
Progress in Oceanography ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-03-06 , DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102549
Lech Stempniewicz , Agata Weydmann-Zwolicka , Agnieszka Strzelewicz , Michał Goc , Marta Głuchowska , Dorota Kidawa , Waldemar Walczowski , Jan Marcin Węsławski , Adrian Zwolicki

Hornsund is a typical high-Arctic fjord, with the usual predominance of water masses of the Arctic origin, and associated lipid-rich zooplankton, which is an important food source for many seabird species. The fjord hosts one of the largest concentrations of breeding little auks worldwide, as well as several large colonies of black-legged kittiwakes, Brünnich's guillemots and northern fulmars. However, in summer 2014, for the first time in the history of almost two-decades long, comprehensive hydrographic studies, the large-scale advection of a relatively warm and saline Atlantic Water was observed in the fjord. These changes in the properties of water masses were associated with significant inter-annual changes in seabird community numbers and composition in the fjord. The advection of Atlantic water masses to Hornsund in 2014 clearly promoted the domination of Boreal black-legged kittiwakes, while rather cold summer seasons of 2015 and 2016 were characterised by the significant proportion of the Arctic little auks. Also, the use of different foraging habitats by seabirds changed between the studied years, with the higher importance of the land-based glacier bays and non-glaciated coastline for the kittiwake in 2014. Our results suggest that with the progressing warming in the Arctic, significant changes in the numbers and structure of seabird community are expected, which in turn will influence the functioning of the high-Arctic fjordic ecosystems.



中文翻译:

大西洋水团的平流影响高北极峡湾中海鸟群落的觅食

霍恩松德(Hornsund)是典型的北极高峡湾,通常以北极水源为主,并伴有富含脂质的浮游动物,这是许多海鸟物种的重要食物来源。峡湾拥有全球最大的繁殖小金鳞鱼之一,以及数个大腿黑脚基蒂鲸,布鲁尼希的海雀科的鸟和北ful。然而,在2014年夏季,这是近二十年来长期的综合水文学研究中的第一次,在峡湾中观测到了一个相对温暖和盐碱的大西洋水的大尺度平流。水团性质的这些变化与峡湾中海鸟群落数量和组成的重大年度变化有关。大西洋水团在2014年对Hornsund的平流显然促进了北方黑脚Kittiwakes的统治,而2015和2016年相对寒冷的夏季则以北极小秋葵占很大比例为特征。此外,在研究年份之间,海鸟对不同觅食性生境的利用也发生了变化,2014年陆基冰川湾和非冰川海岸线对于Kittiwake的重要性越来越高。我们的研究结果表明,随着北极变暖的加剧,预计海鸟群落的数量和结构将发生重大变化,这反过来又将影响北极高空峡湾生态系统的功能。而2015年和2016年的夏季相对寒冷,其特征是北极小auks的比例很高。此外,在研究年份之间,海鸟对不同觅食性生境的利用也发生了变化,2014年陆基冰川湾和非冰川海岸线对于Kittiwake的重要性越来越高。我们的研究结果表明,随着北极变暖的加剧,预计海鸟群落的数量和结构将发生重大变化,这反过来又将影响北极高空峡湾生态系统的功能。而2015年和2016年的夏季相对寒冷,其特征是北极小auks的比例很高。此外,在研究年份之间,海鸟对不同觅食性生境的利用也发生了变化,2014年陆基冰川湾和非冰川海岸线对于Kittiwake的重要性越来越高。我们的研究结果表明,随着北极变暖的加剧,预计海鸟群落的数量和结构将发生重大变化,这反过来又将影响北极高空峡湾生态系统的功能。

更新日期:2021-03-22
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