Black-legged kittiwakes as messengers of Atlantification in the Arctic

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Vihtakari, Mikko, Welcker, Jorg, Moe, Børge, Chastel, Olivier, Tartu, Sabrina, Hop, Haakon, Bech, Claus, Descamps, Sébastien, Gabrielsen, Geir W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; VDP::Zoology and botany: 480; Arctic; Kongsfjord; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; polar cod; Sea ice; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2479205; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-19118-8

Climate warming is rapidly altering marine ecosystems towards a more temperate state on the European side of the Arctic. However, this “Atlantification” has rarely been confirmed, as long-term datasets on Arctic marine organisms are scarce. We present a 19-year time series (1982–2016) of diet sample...