The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence
The North Water (NOW) polynya is one of the most productive marine areas of the Arctic and an important breeding area for millions of seabirds. There is, however, little information on the dynamics of the polynya or the bird populations over the long term. Here, we used sediment archives from a lake...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:48668 2024-09-09T18:57:19+00:00 The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence Davidson, Thomas A. Wetterich, Sebastian Johansen, Kasper L. Grønnow, Bjarne Windirsch, Torben Jeppesen, Erik Syväranta, Jari Olsen, Jesper González-Bergonzoni, Ivan Strunk, Astrid Larsen, Nicolaj K. Meyer, Hanno Søndergaard, Jens Dietz, Rune Eulears, Igor Mosbech, Anders 2018-03-07 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/1/Davidson2018_Article_TheHistoryOfSeabirdColoniesAnd.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.da93b3ef-ed88-4ee3-b568-0bba29591a06 unknown SPRINGER https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/1/Davidson2018_Article_TheHistoryOfSeabirdColoniesAnd.pdf Davidson, T. A. , Wetterich, S. orcid:0000-0001-9234-1192 , Johansen, K. L. , Grønnow, B. , Windirsch, T. orcid:0000-0002-4292-6931 , Jeppesen, E. , Syväranta, J. , Olsen, J. , González-Bergonzoni, I. , Strunk, A. , Larsen, N. K. , Meyer, H. orcid:0000-0003-4129-4706 , Søndergaard, J. , Dietz, R. , Eulears, I. and Mosbech, A. (2018) The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence , AMBIO, 47 (Supple), pp. 175-192 . doi:10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1> , hdl:10013/epic.da93b3ef-ed88-4ee3-b568-0bba29591a06 EPIC3AMBIO, SPRINGER, 47(Supple), pp. 175-192, ISSN: 0044-7447 Article peerRev 2018 ftawi https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1 2024-06-24T04:21:00Z The North Water (NOW) polynya is one of the most productive marine areas of the Arctic and an important breeding area for millions of seabirds. There is, however, little information on the dynamics of the polynya or the bird populations over the long term. Here, we used sediment archives from a lake and peat deposits along the Greenland coast of the NOW polynya to track long-term patterns in the dynamics of the seabird populations. Radiocarbon dates show that the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) and the common eider (Somateria mollissima) have been present for at least 5500 cal. years. The first recorded arrival of the little auk (Alle alle) was around 4400 cal. years bp at Annikitsoq, with arrival at Qeqertaq (Salve Ø) colony dated to 3600 cal. years bp. Concentrations of cadmium and phosphorus (both abundant in little auk guano) in the lake and peat cores suggest that there was a period of large variation in bird numbers between 2500 and 1500 cal. years bp. The little auk arrival times show a strong accord with past periods of colder climate and with some aspects of human settlement in the area. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alle alle Arctic Common Eider Greenland little auk Qeqertaq Somateria mollissima thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Arctic Greenland Guano ENVELOPE(141.604,141.604,-66.775,-66.775) Qeqertaq ENVELOPE(-56.467,-56.467,73.300,73.300) Salve Ø ENVELOPE(-66.002,-66.002,76.068,76.068) Ambio 47 S2 175 192 |
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The North Water (NOW) polynya is one of the most productive marine areas of the Arctic and an important breeding area for millions of seabirds. There is, however, little information on the dynamics of the polynya or the bird populations over the long term. Here, we used sediment archives from a lake and peat deposits along the Greenland coast of the NOW polynya to track long-term patterns in the dynamics of the seabird populations. Radiocarbon dates show that the thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) and the common eider (Somateria mollissima) have been present for at least 5500 cal. years. The first recorded arrival of the little auk (Alle alle) was around 4400 cal. years bp at Annikitsoq, with arrival at Qeqertaq (Salve Ø) colony dated to 3600 cal. years bp. Concentrations of cadmium and phosphorus (both abundant in little auk guano) in the lake and peat cores suggest that there was a period of large variation in bird numbers between 2500 and 1500 cal. years bp. The little auk arrival times show a strong accord with past periods of colder climate and with some aspects of human settlement in the area. |
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Davidson, Thomas A. Wetterich, Sebastian Johansen, Kasper L. Grønnow, Bjarne Windirsch, Torben Jeppesen, Erik Syväranta, Jari Olsen, Jesper González-Bergonzoni, Ivan Strunk, Astrid Larsen, Nicolaj K. Meyer, Hanno Søndergaard, Jens Dietz, Rune Eulears, Igor Mosbech, Anders |
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Davidson, Thomas A. Wetterich, Sebastian Johansen, Kasper L. Grønnow, Bjarne Windirsch, Torben Jeppesen, Erik Syväranta, Jari Olsen, Jesper González-Bergonzoni, Ivan Strunk, Astrid Larsen, Nicolaj K. Meyer, Hanno Søndergaard, Jens Dietz, Rune Eulears, Igor Mosbech, Anders The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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Davidson, Thomas A. Wetterich, Sebastian Johansen, Kasper L. Grønnow, Bjarne Windirsch, Torben Jeppesen, Erik Syväranta, Jari Olsen, Jesper González-Bergonzoni, Ivan Strunk, Astrid Larsen, Nicolaj K. Meyer, Hanno Søndergaard, Jens Dietz, Rune Eulears, Igor Mosbech, Anders |
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The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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history of seabird colonies and the north water ecosystem: contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/1/Davidson2018_Article_TheHistoryOfSeabirdColoniesAnd.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.da93b3ef-ed88-4ee3-b568-0bba29591a06 |
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Alle alle Arctic Common Eider Greenland little auk Qeqertaq Somateria mollissima thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria |
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Alle alle Arctic Common Eider Greenland little auk Qeqertaq Somateria mollissima thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria |
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EPIC3AMBIO, SPRINGER, 47(Supple), pp. 175-192, ISSN: 0044-7447 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48668/1/Davidson2018_Article_TheHistoryOfSeabirdColoniesAnd.pdf Davidson, T. A. , Wetterich, S. orcid:0000-0001-9234-1192 , Johansen, K. L. , Grønnow, B. , Windirsch, T. orcid:0000-0002-4292-6931 , Jeppesen, E. , Syväranta, J. , Olsen, J. , González-Bergonzoni, I. , Strunk, A. , Larsen, N. K. , Meyer, H. orcid:0000-0003-4129-4706 , Søndergaard, J. , Dietz, R. , Eulears, I. and Mosbech, A. (2018) The history of seabird colonies and the North Water ecosystem: Contributions from palaeoecological and archaeological evidence , AMBIO, 47 (Supple), pp. 175-192 . doi:10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-018-1031-1> , hdl:10013/epic.da93b3ef-ed88-4ee3-b568-0bba29591a06 |
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