Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea
Abstract Background The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) was categorized as ´Vulnerable` by the IUCN after a study revealed a rapid wintering population decline of 65% between 1992–1993 and 2007–2009 in the Baltic Sea. As knowledge about the European long-tailed duck’s life cycle and movement ec...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4992197.v1 2023-05-15T15:16:01+02:00 Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea Karwinkel, Thiemo Pollet, Ingrid L. Vardeh, Sandra Kruckenberg, Helmut Glazov, Petr Loshchagina, Julia Kondratyev, Alexander Merkel, Benjamin Bellebaum, Jochen Quillfeldt, Petra 2020 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4992197.v1 https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Year-round_spatiotemporal_distribution_pattern_of_a_threatened_sea_duck_species_breeding_on_Kolguev_Island_south-eastern_Barents_Sea/4992197/1 unknown figshare https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00299-2 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4992197 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Ecology FOS Biological sciences Collection article 2020 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4992197.v1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00299-2 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4992197 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Abstract Background The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) was categorized as ´Vulnerable` by the IUCN after a study revealed a rapid wintering population decline of 65% between 1992–1993 and 2007–2009 in the Baltic Sea. As knowledge about the European long-tailed duck’s life cycle and movement ecology is limited, we investigate its year-round spatiotemporal distribution patterns. Specifically, we aimed to identify the wintering grounds, timing of migration and staging of this population via light-level geolocation. Results Of the 48 female long-tailed ducks tagged on Kolguev Island (western Russian Arctic), 19 were recaptured to obtain data. After breeding and moulting at freshwater lakes, ducks went out to sea around Kolguev Island and to marine waters ranging from the White Sea to Novaya Zemlya Archipelago for 33 ± 10 days. After a rapid autumn migration, 18 of 19 birds spent their winter in the Baltic Sea and one bird in the White Sea, where they stayed for 212 ± 3 days. There, they used areas known to host long-tailed ducks, but areas differed among individuals. After a rapid spring migration in mid-May, the birds spent 23 ± 3 days at sea in coastal areas between the White Sea and Kolguev Island, before returning to their freshwater breeding habitats in June. Conclusions The Baltic Sea represents the most important wintering area for female long-tailed ducks from Kolguev Island. Important spring and autumn staging areas include the Barents Sea and the White Sea. Climate change will render these habitats more exposed to human impacts in the form of fisheries, marine traffic and oil exploitation in near future. Threats that now operate in the wintering areas may thus spread to the higher latitude staging areas and further increase the pressure on long-tailed ducks. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Climate change Kolguev Novaya Zemlya White Sea DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Barents Sea White Sea |
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Ecology FOS Biological sciences Karwinkel, Thiemo Pollet, Ingrid L. Vardeh, Sandra Kruckenberg, Helmut Glazov, Petr Loshchagina, Julia Kondratyev, Alexander Merkel, Benjamin Bellebaum, Jochen Quillfeldt, Petra Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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Abstract Background The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) was categorized as ´Vulnerable` by the IUCN after a study revealed a rapid wintering population decline of 65% between 1992–1993 and 2007–2009 in the Baltic Sea. As knowledge about the European long-tailed duck’s life cycle and movement ecology is limited, we investigate its year-round spatiotemporal distribution patterns. Specifically, we aimed to identify the wintering grounds, timing of migration and staging of this population via light-level geolocation. Results Of the 48 female long-tailed ducks tagged on Kolguev Island (western Russian Arctic), 19 were recaptured to obtain data. After breeding and moulting at freshwater lakes, ducks went out to sea around Kolguev Island and to marine waters ranging from the White Sea to Novaya Zemlya Archipelago for 33 ± 10 days. After a rapid autumn migration, 18 of 19 birds spent their winter in the Baltic Sea and one bird in the White Sea, where they stayed for 212 ± 3 days. There, they used areas known to host long-tailed ducks, but areas differed among individuals. After a rapid spring migration in mid-May, the birds spent 23 ± 3 days at sea in coastal areas between the White Sea and Kolguev Island, before returning to their freshwater breeding habitats in June. Conclusions The Baltic Sea represents the most important wintering area for female long-tailed ducks from Kolguev Island. Important spring and autumn staging areas include the Barents Sea and the White Sea. Climate change will render these habitats more exposed to human impacts in the form of fisheries, marine traffic and oil exploitation in near future. Threats that now operate in the wintering areas may thus spread to the higher latitude staging areas and further increase the pressure on long-tailed ducks. |
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Karwinkel, Thiemo Pollet, Ingrid L. Vardeh, Sandra Kruckenberg, Helmut Glazov, Petr Loshchagina, Julia Kondratyev, Alexander Merkel, Benjamin Bellebaum, Jochen Quillfeldt, Petra |
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Karwinkel, Thiemo Pollet, Ingrid L. Vardeh, Sandra Kruckenberg, Helmut Glazov, Petr Loshchagina, Julia Kondratyev, Alexander Merkel, Benjamin Bellebaum, Jochen Quillfeldt, Petra |
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Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea |
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year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on kolguev island, south-eastern barents sea |
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