North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds
Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called “winter wrecks.” During these, thousands of emaciated seabird carcasses are washed ashore along European and North American coasts. Winter cyclones can there...
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Ecology and Environment Clairbaux, Manon Mathewson, Paul Porter, Warren Fort, Jérôme Strøm, Hallvard Moe, Børge Fauchald, Per Descamps, Sebastien Helgason, Hálfdán H. Bråthen, Vegard S. Merkel, Benjamin Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Bringsvor, Ingar S. Chastel, Olivier Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Danielsen, Jóhannis Daunt, Francis Dehnhard, Nina Erikstad, Kjell Einar Ezhov, Alexey Gavrilo, Maria Krasnov, Yuri Langset, Magdalene Lorentsen, Svein-H. Newell, Mark Olsen, Bergur Reiertsen, Tone K. Systad, Geir Helge Thórarinsson, Thorkell L. Baran, Mark Diamond, Tony Fayet, Annette L. Fitzsimmons, Michelle G. Frederiksen, Morten Gilchrist, Hugh G. Guilford, Tim Huffeldt, Nicholas P. Jessopp, Mark Johansen, Kasper L. Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee Linnebjerg, Jannie F. Major, Heather L. Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming R. Montevecchi, William Mosbech, Anders Petersen, Aevar Grémillet, David North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds |
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Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called “winter wrecks.” During these, thousands of emaciated seabird carcasses are washed ashore along European and North American coasts. Winter cyclones can therefore shape seabird population dynamics by affecting survival rates as well as the body condition of surviving individuals and thus their future reproduction. However, most often the geographic origins of impacted seabirds and the causes of their deaths remain unclear. We performed the first ocean-basin scale assessment of cyclone exposure in a seabird community by coupling winter tracking data for ∼1,500 individuals of five key North Atlantic seabird species (Alle alle, Fratercula arctica, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia, and Rissa tridactyla) and cyclone locations. We then explored the energetic consequences of different cyclonic conditions using a mechanistic bioenergetics model and tested the hypothesis that cyclones dramatically increase seabird energy requirements. We demonstrated that cyclones of high intensity impacted birds from all studied species and breeding colonies during winter but especially those aggregating in the Labrador Sea, the Davis Strait, the surroundings of Iceland, and the Barents Sea. Our broad-scale analyses suggested that cyclonic conditions do not increase seabird energy requirements, implying that they die because of the unavailability of their prey and/or their inability to feed during cyclones. Our study provides essential information on seabird cyclone exposure in a context of marked cyclone regime changes due to global warming. |
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Clairbaux, Manon Mathewson, Paul Porter, Warren Fort, Jérôme Strøm, Hallvard Moe, Børge Fauchald, Per Descamps, Sebastien Helgason, Hálfdán H. Bråthen, Vegard S. Merkel, Benjamin Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Bringsvor, Ingar S. Chastel, Olivier Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Danielsen, Jóhannis Daunt, Francis Dehnhard, Nina Erikstad, Kjell Einar Ezhov, Alexey Gavrilo, Maria Krasnov, Yuri Langset, Magdalene Lorentsen, Svein-H. Newell, Mark Olsen, Bergur Reiertsen, Tone K. Systad, Geir Helge Thórarinsson, Thorkell L. Baran, Mark Diamond, Tony Fayet, Annette L. Fitzsimmons, Michelle G. Frederiksen, Morten Gilchrist, Hugh G. Guilford, Tim Huffeldt, Nicholas P. Jessopp, Mark Johansen, Kasper L. Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee Linnebjerg, Jannie F. Major, Heather L. Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming R. Montevecchi, William Mosbech, Anders Petersen, Aevar Grémillet, David |
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:531279 2023-05-15T13:16:20+02:00 North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds Clairbaux, Manon Mathewson, Paul Porter, Warren Fort, Jérôme Strøm, Hallvard Moe, Børge Fauchald, Per Descamps, Sebastien Helgason, Hálfdán H. Bråthen, Vegard S. Merkel, Benjamin Anker-Nilssen, Tycho Bringsvor, Ingar S. Chastel, Olivier Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe Danielsen, Jóhannis Daunt, Francis Dehnhard, Nina Erikstad, Kjell Einar Ezhov, Alexey Gavrilo, Maria Krasnov, Yuri Langset, Magdalene Lorentsen, Svein-H. Newell, Mark Olsen, Bergur Reiertsen, Tone K. Systad, Geir Helge Thórarinsson, Thorkell L. Baran, Mark Diamond, Tony Fayet, Annette L. Fitzsimmons, Michelle G. Frederiksen, Morten Gilchrist, Hugh G. Guilford, Tim Huffeldt, Nicholas P. Jessopp, Mark Johansen, Kasper L. Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee Linnebjerg, Jannie F. Major, Heather L. Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane Mallory, Mark Merkel, Flemming R. Montevecchi, William Mosbech, Anders Petersen, Aevar Grémillet, David 2021-09-13 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531279/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531279/1/N531279PP.pdf https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531279/7/N531279SUPPLEMATERIAL.pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.059 en eng Elsevier https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531279/1/N531279PP.pdf https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531279/7/N531279SUPPLEMATERIAL.pdf Clairbaux, Manon; Mathewson, Paul; Porter, Warren; Fort, Jérôme; Strøm, Hallvard; Moe, Børge; Fauchald, Per; Descamps, Sebastien; Helgason, Hálfdán H.; Bråthen, Vegard S.; Merkel, Benjamin; Anker-Nilssen, Tycho; Bringsvor, Ingar S.; Chastel, Olivier; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Signe; Danielsen, Jóhannis; Daunt, Francis; Dehnhard, Nina; Erikstad, Kjell Einar; Ezhov, Alexey; Gavrilo, Maria; Krasnov, Yuri; Langset, Magdalene; Lorentsen, Svein-H.; Newell, Mark; Olsen, Bergur; Reiertsen, Tone K.; Systad, Geir Helge; Thórarinsson, Thorkell L.; Baran, Mark; Diamond, Tony; Fayet, Annette L.; Fitzsimmons, Michelle G.; Frederiksen, Morten; Gilchrist, Hugh G.; Guilford, Tim; Huffeldt, Nicholas P.; Jessopp, Mark; Johansen, Kasper L.; Kouwenberg, Amy-Lee; Linnebjerg, Jannie F.; Major, Heather L.; Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane; Mallory, Mark; Merkel, Flemming R.; Montevecchi, William; Mosbech, Anders; Petersen, Aevar; Grémillet, David. 2021 North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds. Current Biology, 31 (17). 3964-3971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.059 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.059> Ecology and Environment Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.059 2023-02-04T19:52:39Z Each winter, the North Atlantic Ocean is the stage for numerous cyclones, the most severe ones leading to seabird mass-mortality events called “winter wrecks.” During these, thousands of emaciated seabird carcasses are washed ashore along European and North American coasts. Winter cyclones can therefore shape seabird population dynamics by affecting survival rates as well as the body condition of surviving individuals and thus their future reproduction. However, most often the geographic origins of impacted seabirds and the causes of their deaths remain unclear. We performed the first ocean-basin scale assessment of cyclone exposure in a seabird community by coupling winter tracking data for ∼1,500 individuals of five key North Atlantic seabird species (Alle alle, Fratercula arctica, Uria aalge, Uria lomvia, and Rissa tridactyla) and cyclone locations. We then explored the energetic consequences of different cyclonic conditions using a mechanistic bioenergetics model and tested the hypothesis that cyclones dramatically increase seabird energy requirements. We demonstrated that cyclones of high intensity impacted birds from all studied species and breeding colonies during winter but especially those aggregating in the Labrador Sea, the Davis Strait, the surroundings of Iceland, and the Barents Sea. Our broad-scale analyses suggested that cyclonic conditions do not increase seabird energy requirements, implying that they die because of the unavailability of their prey and/or their inability to feed during cyclones. Our study provides essential information on seabird cyclone exposure in a context of marked cyclone regime changes due to global warming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alle alle Barents Sea Davis Strait fratercula Fratercula arctica Iceland Labrador Sea North Atlantic rissa tridactyla Uria aalge Uria lomvia uria Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Barents Sea Current Biology 31 17 3964 3971.e3 |