Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change
International audience Combined effects of multiple, climate change-associated stressors are of mounting concern, especially in Arctic ecosystems. Elevated mercury (Hg) exposure in Arctic animals could affect behavioral responses to changes in foraging landscapes caused by climate change, generating...
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International audience Combined effects of multiple, climate change-associated stressors are of mounting concern, especially in Arctic ecosystems. Elevated mercury (Hg) exposure in Arctic animals could affect behavioral responses to changes in foraging landscapes caused by climate change, generating interactive effects on behavior and population resilience. We investigated this hypothesis in little auks (Alle alle), a keystone Arctic seabird. We compiled behavioral data for 44 birds across 5 years using accelerometers while also quantifying blood Hg and environmental conditions. Warm sea surface temperature (SST) and low sea ice coverage reshaped time activity budgets (TABs) and diving patterns, causing decreased resting, increased flight, and longer dives. Mercury contamination was not associated with TABs. However, highly contaminated birds lengthened interdive breaks when making long dives, suggesting Hg-induced physiological limitations. As dive durations increased with warm SST, subtle toxicological effects threaten to increasingly constrain diving and foraging efficiency as climate change progresses, with ecosystem-wide repercussions. |
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LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM) Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Institut universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Cork (BEES) University College Cork (UCC) Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology University of Gdańsk (UG) ANR-16-CE34-0005,ILETOP,Impact des polluants historiques et émergents sur les prédateurs supérieurs marins de l'Arctique(2016) |
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Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Melissa Grémillet, David Kato, Akiko Bustamante, Paco Albert, Céline Brisson-Curadeau, Émile Clairbaux, Manon Cruz-Flores, Marta Gentès, Sophie Perret, Samuel Ste-Marie, Eric Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Fort, Jérôme |
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Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Melissa Grémillet, David Kato, Akiko Bustamante, Paco Albert, Céline Brisson-Curadeau, Émile Clairbaux, Manon Cruz-Flores, Marta Gentès, Sophie Perret, Samuel Ste-Marie, Eric Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Fort, Jérôme |
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Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change |
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Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change |
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Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change |
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Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change |
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Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change |
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mercury contamination challenges the behavioral response of a keystone species to arctic climate change |
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ftecolephe:oai:HAL:hal-03988489v1 2024-05-19T07:28:04+00:00 Mercury Contamination Challenges the Behavioral Response of a Keystone Species to Arctic Climate Change Grunst, Andrea Grunst, Melissa Grémillet, David Kato, Akiko Bustamante, Paco Albert, Céline Brisson-Curadeau, Émile Clairbaux, Manon Cruz-Flores, Marta Gentès, Sophie Perret, Samuel Ste-Marie, Eric Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Katarzyna Fort, Jérôme LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD France-Sud )-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Montpellier Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université de Montpellier (UM) Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology University of Cape Town Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC) La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) Institut universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) McGill University = Université McGill Montréal, Canada School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences Cork (BEES) University College Cork (UCC) Department of Vertebrate Ecology and Zoology University of Gdańsk (UG) ANR-16-CE34-0005,ILETOP,Impact des polluants historiques et émergents sur les prédateurs supérieurs marins de l'Arctique(2016) 2023-02-07 https://hal.science/hal-03988489 https://hal.science/hal-03988489/document https://hal.science/hal-03988489/file/BehaviorHg%26Climate,%20ES%26T%20SubmissionR2%20%281%29.pdf https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08893 en eng HAL CCSD American Chemical Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c08893 hal-03988489 https://hal.science/hal-03988489 https://hal.science/hal-03988489/document https://hal.science/hal-03988489/file/BehaviorHg%26Climate,%20ES%26T%20SubmissionR2%20%281%29.pdf doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c08893 WOS: 000937087200001 info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0013-936X EISSN: 1520-5851 Environmental Science and Technology https://hal.science/hal-03988489 Environmental Science and Technology, 2023, 57 (5), pp.2054-2063. ⟨10.1021/acs.est.2c08893⟩ climate change behavioral ecotoxicology toxicant-induced climate change sensitivity multiple stressors behavioral plasticity mercury (Hg) diving behavior [SDV.TOX.ECO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology/Ecotoxicology [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2023 ftecolephe https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08893 2024-04-25T01:11:11Z International audience Combined effects of multiple, climate change-associated stressors are of mounting concern, especially in Arctic ecosystems. Elevated mercury (Hg) exposure in Arctic animals could affect behavioral responses to changes in foraging landscapes caused by climate change, generating interactive effects on behavior and population resilience. We investigated this hypothesis in little auks (Alle alle), a keystone Arctic seabird. We compiled behavioral data for 44 birds across 5 years using accelerometers while also quantifying blood Hg and environmental conditions. Warm sea surface temperature (SST) and low sea ice coverage reshaped time activity budgets (TABs) and diving patterns, causing decreased resting, increased flight, and longer dives. Mercury contamination was not associated with TABs. However, highly contaminated birds lengthened interdive breaks when making long dives, suggesting Hg-induced physiological limitations. As dive durations increased with warm SST, subtle toxicological effects threaten to increasingly constrain diving and foraging efficiency as climate change progresses, with ecosystem-wide repercussions. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alle alle Arctic Climate change Sea ice EPHE (Ecole pratique des hautes études, Paris): HAL Environmental Science & Technology 57 5 2054 2063 |