The Arctic is warming more rapidly than other region on the planet, and the northern Barents
Sea, including the Svalbard Archipelago, is experiencing the fastest temperature increases …

Abstract The Little Auk Alle alle is a small planktivorous auk breeding colonially in the High
Arctic. Owing to its large population size and bi-environmental lifestyle, resulting in the large …

Global warming, combined with an increasing influence of Atlantic Waters in the European
Arctic, are causing a so-called Atlantification of the Arctic. This phenomenon is affecting the …

Abstract Kwasniewski, S., Gluchowska, M., Walkusz, W., Karnovsky, NJ, Jakubas, D.,
Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Harding, AMA, Goszczko, I., Cisek, M., Beszczynska-Möller, A …

Zooplankton abundance and community structures were studied in three west Spitsbergen
fjords at the beginning of the warm phase, which seem to have entered in 2006. Sampling …

Pair collaborative behavior may play an important role in avian reproduction. However,
evidence for this mainly comes from certain ecological groups (eg passerines). We studied …

Using GPS-tracked individuals, we compared foraging ecology and reproductive output of a
High-Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird, the little auk Alle alle, between three years differing in …

During the chick-rearing period, little auks Alle alle adopt a bimodal foraging strategy,
alternating long trips with several short ones. It has been postulated that they reach more …

Low nitrogen availability in the high Arctic represents a major constraint for plant growth,
which limits the tundra capacity for carbon retention and determines tundra vegetation types …

Knowledge of foraging behaviour is essential to understand both the ecological roles of
seabirds and the constraints acting upon them in marine ecosystems. Here, we investigated …