Publications

Ponchon, A., Grémillet, D., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Erikstad, K.E., Barrett, R.T., Reiertsen, T.K., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T., Boulinier, T. 2014. When things go wrong: intra-season dynamics of breeding failure in a seabird. Ecosphere 5(1):4: 19 pp.

Lorentsen, S.-H., Follestad, A. 2014. Effekter av forstyrrelse på kolonihekkende sjøfugl og effekter av avbøtende tiltak – en litteraturstudie. NINA Rapport 1033: 37 pp

Lorentsen, S.-H. 2014. Trends and status of the breeding population of Great Cormorants in Norway with regard to the Atlantic sub-species Phalacrocorax carbo carbo. – In: Bregnballe, T., Lynch, J., Parz-Gollner, R., Marion, L., Volponi, S., Paquet, J.-Y., Carss, D.N. & van Eerden, M.R. (eds.): Breeding numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in the Western Palearctic, 2012-2013. IUCN-Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group Report. Scientific report from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University. No. 99: 155-160.

Lorentsen, S.-H. 2014. Status of the breeding population of Great Comorants in Norway in 2012 with regard to the continental sub-species Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis. – In: Bregnballe, T., Lynch, J., Parz-Gollner, R., Marion, L., Volponi, S., Paquet, J.-Y., Carss, D.N. & van Eerden, M.R. (eds.): Breeding numbers of Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in the Western Palearctic, 2012-2013. IUCN-Wetlands International Cormorant Research Group Report. Scientific report from DCE – Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, Aarhus University. No. 99: 151-154.

Kristensen, D.L., Erikstad, K.E., Reiertsen, T.K., Moum, T. 2014. Differential breeding investment in bridled and non-bridled common guillemots (Uria aalge): morph of the partner matters. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1851-1858

Hovinen, J.E.H., Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Jakubas, D., Hop, H., Berge, J., Kidawa, D., Karnovsky, N.J., Steen, H. 2014. Fledging success of little auks in the high Arctic: do provisioning rates and the quality of foraging grounds matter? Polar Biology 37:5: 665-674

Hovinen, J.E.H., Welcker, J., Descamps, S., Strøm, H., Jerstad, K., Berge, J., Steen, H. 2014. Climate warming decreases the survival of the little auk (Alle alle), a high Arctic avian predator. Ecology and Evolution 4(15): pp 3127-3138

Goutte, A., Angelier, F., Bech, C., Clément-Chastel, C., Dell’Omo, G., Gabrielsen, G.W., Lendvai, Á.Z., Moe, B., Noreen, E., Pinaud, D., Tartu, S., Chastel, O. 2014. Annual variation in the timing of breeding, pre‑breeding foraging areas and corticosterone levels in an Arctic population of black-legged kittiwakes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 496: 233-247.

Bregnballe, T., Carss, D., Lorentsen, S.-H., Newson, S., Paquet, J. Y., Parz-Gollner, R., Volponi, S. 2014. Counting cormorants. In Carss, D., Parz-Gollner, R. & Trauttmansdorff, J. The INTERCAFE Field Manual. Research methods for cormorants, fishes, and the interactions between them. NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Chapter 3: 14-34.

Bourgeon, S., Leat, E.H.K., Magnusdóttir, E., Furness, R.W., Strøm, H., Petersen, A., Gabrielsen, G.W., Hanssen, S.A., Bustnes, J.O. 2014. Feather Corticosterone Levels on Wintering Grounds Have No Carry-Over Effects on Breeding among Three Populations of Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua). PLoS ONE 9(6): e100439. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100439

Yannic, G., Yearsley, J.M., Sermier, R., Dufresnes, C., Gilg, O., Aebischer, A., Gavrilo, M.V., Strøm, H., Mallory, M.L., Morrison, R.I.G, Gilchrist, H.G., Broquet, T. 2015. High connectivity in a long-lived high-Arctic seabird, the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Polar Biology: 1-16

Thorvaldsen, R., Barrett, R.T., Pedersen, T. 2015. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla adults and chicks share the same diet in the southern Barents Sea. Marine Ornithology 43(1): 95-100

Tartu, S., Angelier, F., Bustnes, J.O., Moe, B., Hanssen, S.A., Herzke, D., Gabrielsen, G.W., Verboven, N., Verreault, J., Labadie, P., Budzinski, H., Wingfield, J.C., Chastel, O. 2015. Polychlorinated biphenyl exposure and corticosterone levels in seven polar seabird species. Environmental Pollution 197: 173-180

Pettex, E., Barrett, R.T., Lorentsen, S.-H., Bonadonna, F., Pichegru, L., Pons, J.-B., Grémillet, D. 2015. Contrasting population trends at seabirds colonies: is food limitation a factor in Norway?. Journal of Ornithology 156(2): 397-406

Prop, J., Aars, J., Bårdsen, B.-J., Hanssen, S.A., Bech, C., Bourgeon, S., de Fouw, J., Gabrielsen, G.W., Lang, J., Noreen, E., Oudman, T., Sittler, B., Stempniewicz, L., Tombre, I., Wolters, E., Moe, B. 2015. Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3

Petersen, A, Irons, D.B., Gilchrist, H.G., Robertson, G.J., Boertmann, D., Strøm, H., Gavrilo, M., Artukhin, Y. , Clausen, D.S., Kuletz, K.J., Mallory, M.L. 2015. The Status of Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus in the Circumpolar Arctic. Arctic 68: 107-120

Mesquita, M.D.S., Erikstad, K.E., Sandvik, H., Barrett, R.T., Reiertsen, T.K., Anker-Nilssen, T., Hodges, K.I., Bader, J. 2015. There is more to climate than the North Atlantic Oscillation: a new perspective from climate dynamics to explain the variability in population growth rates of a long-lived seabird. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3

Lucia, M., Verboven, N., Strøm, H., Miljeteig, C., Gavrilo, M.V., Braune, B.M., Boertmann, D., Gabrielsen, G.W. 2015. Circumpolar contamination in eggs of the high-Arctic ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34(7): 1552-1561

Lorentsen, S.-H., Anker-Nilssen, T., Erikstad, K.E., Røv, N. 2015. Forage fish abundance is a predictor of timing of breeding and hatching brood size in a coastal seabird. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 519: 209-220

Kilpi, M., Lorentsen, S.-H., Petersen, I.K., Einarsson, A. 2015. Trends and drivers of change in diving ducks. TemaNord 2015:516: 57 pp

Herzke, D., Anker-Nilssen, T., Nøst, T.H., Götsch, A., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Langset, M., Fangel, K., Koelmans, A.A. 2015. Negligible Impact of Ingested Microplastics on Tissue Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Northern Fulmars off Coastal Norway. Environmental Science and Technology

Heggøy, O., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Ranke, P.S., Chastel, O., Bech, C. 2015. GPS-loggers influence behaviour and physiology in the black-legged kittiwake. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 521: 237-248

Harris, M.P., Wanless, S., Ballesteros, M., Moe, B., Daunt, F., Erikstad, K.E. 2015. Geolocators reveal an unsuspected moulting area for Isle of May Common Guillemots Uria aalge. Bird Study 62(2): 267-270

Fauchald, P., Barrett, R.T., Bustnes, J.O., Erikstad, K.E., Nøttestad, L., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Vikebø, F.B. 2015. Sjøfugl og marine økosystemer. Status for sjøfugl og sjøfuglenes næringsgrunnlag i Norge og på Svalbard. NINA Rapport 1161: 44 pp

Fauchald, P., Anker-Nilssen, T., Barrett, R.T., Bustnes, J.O., Bårdsen, B.-J., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Descamps, S,, Engen, S., Erikstad, K.E., Hanssen, S.A., Lorentsen, S.-H., Moe, B., Reiertsen, T.K., Strøm, H., Systad, G.H. 2015. The status and trends of seabirds breeding in Norway and Svalbard. NINA Rapport 1151: 84 pp

Fangel, K., Aas, Ø., Vølstad, J.H., Bærum, K.M., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Nedraas, K., Overvik, M., Wold, L.C., Anker-Nilssen, T. 2015. Assessing incidental bycatch of seabirds in Norwegian coastal commercial fisheries: Empirical and methodological lessons. Global Ecology and Conservation 4: p 127-136

Elsterová, J., Müllerová, J., Šíma, R., Coulson, S.J., Lorentzen, E., Strøm, H., Grubhoffer, L. 2015. Search for tick-borne pathogens in the Svalbard Archipelago and Jan Mayen. Polar Research 34

Bustnes, J.O., Bourgeon, S., Leat, E.H.K., Magnusdóttir, E., Strøm, H., Hanssen, S.A., Petersen, A., Olafsdóttir, K., Borgå, K., Gabrielsen, G.W., Furness, R.W. 2015. Multiple Stressors in a Top Predator Seabird: Potential Ecological Consequences of Environmental Contaminants, Population Health and Breeding Conditions. PLoS ONE 10(7)

Barrett, R.T., Erikstad, K.E., Sandvik, H., Myksvoll, M., Jenni-Eiermann, S., Kristensen, D.L., Moum, T., Reiertsen, T.K., Vikebø, F. 2015. The stress hormone corticosterone in a marine top predator reflects short-term changes in food availability. Ecology and Evolution 5(6): 1306-1317

Barrett, R.T. 2015. The diet, growth and survival of Razorbill Alca torda chicks in the southern Barents Sea. Ornis Norvegica 38: 25-31

Spencer, N.C., Gilchrist, H.G., Strøm, H., Allard, K.A., Mallory, M.L. 2016. Key winter habitat of the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea in the Canadian Arctic. Endangered Species Research 31: 33-45. DOI: 10.3354/esr00747

Sandvik, H., Barrett, R.T., Erikstad, K.E., Myksvoll, M.S., Vikebø, F., Yoccoz, N.G., Anker-Nilssen, T., Lorentsen, S.-H., Reiertsen, T.K., Skarðhamar, J., Skern-Mauritzen, M., Systad, G.H. 2016. Modelled drift patterns of fish larvae link coastal morphology to seabird colony distribution. Nature Communications 7:11599: 8 pp.

Merkel, B., Phillips, R.A., Descamps, S., Yoccoz, N.G., Moe, B., Strøm, H. 2016. A probabilistic algorithm to process geolocation data. Movement Ecology 4:26: 11 pp DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0091-8

Jakubas, D., Iliszkoa, L.M., Strøm, H., Dareckic, M., Jerstad, K., Stempniewicza, L. 2016. Foraging behavior of a high-Arctic zooplanktivorous alcid, the little auk, at the southern edge of its breeding range. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 475: 89-99.

Hilde, C.H., Pélabon, C., Guéry, L., Gabrielsen, G.W., Descamps, S. 2016. Mind the wind: microclimate effects on incubation effort of an arctic seabird. Ecology and Evolution 6;7: pp 1914-1921.

Hanssen, S.A., Gabrielsen, G.W., Bustnes, J.O., Bråthen, V.S., Skottene, E., Fenstad, A.A., Strøm, H., Bakken, V., Phillips, R.A., Moe, B. 2016. Migration strategies of common eiders from Svalbard: implications for bilateral conservation management. Polar Biology 39:11: 2179-2188 DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1908-z

Gilg, O., Istomina, L., Heygster, G., Strøm, H., Gavrilo, M.V., Mallory, M.L., Gilchrist, G., Aebischer, A., Sabard, B., Huntemann, M., Mosbech, A., Yannic, G. 2016. Living on the edge of a shrinking habitat: the ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, an endangered sea-ice specialist. Biology Letters 12 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0277

Descamps, S., Aars, J., Fuglei, E., Kovacs, K.M., Lydersen, C., Pavlova, O., Pedersen, Å.Ø., Ravolainen, V., Strøm, H. 2016. Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway. Global Change Biology: 13 pp.

Frederiksen, M., Descamps, S., Erikstad, K.E., Gaston, A.J., Gilchrist, H.G., Grémillet, D., Johansen, K.L., Kolbeinsson, Y., Linnebjerg, J.F., Mallory, M.L., McFarlane Tranquilla, L.A., Merkel, F.R., Montevecchi, W.A., Mosbech, A., Reiertsen, T.K., Robertson, G.J., Steen, H., Strøm, H., Thórarinsson, T.L. 2016. Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thick-billed murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications. Biological Conservation 200: 26-35.

Bustnes, J.O., Bårdsen, B.-J., Moe, B., Herzke, D., Hanssen, S.A., Sagerup, K., Bech, C., Nordstad, T., Chastel, O., Tartu, S., Gabrielsen, G.W. 2016. Temporal variation in circulating concentrations of organochlorine pollutants in a pelagic seabird breeding in the high Arctic. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: 7 pp. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3560

Barrett, R.T., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Langset, M., Fangel, K. 2016. Diet of adult and immature North Norwegian Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle. Seabird 29: 1-14.

Burr, Z.M., Varpe, Ø., Anker-Nilssen, T., Erikstad, K.E., Descamps, S., Barrett, R.T., Bech, C., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Lorentsen, S.-H., Moe, B., Reiertsen, T.K., Strøm, H. 2016. Later at higher latitudes: large-scale variability in seabird breeding timing and synchronicity. Ecosphere 7: 5: 12 pp.

Barrett, R.T. 2016. Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica chick growth in relation to food load composition. Seabird 28: pp 17-29

Barrett, R.T. 2016. Upwind or downwind: the spring arrival of Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea at Troms, north Norway. Ringing & Migration 31:1: pp 23-29.

Barrett, R.T. 2016. Diet of Northern Gannet Morus bassanus chicks in North Norway. Ornis Norvegica 39: 45-52. DOI: 10.15845/on.v39i0.1051

van Bemmelen, R., Moe, B., Hanssen, S.A., Schmidt, N.M., Hansen, J., Lang, J., Sittler, B., Bollache, L., Tulp, I., Klaassen, R., Gilg, O. 2017. Flexibility in otherwise consistent non-breeding movements of a long-distance migratory seabird, the long-tailed skua. Mar Ecol Prog Ser: 15 pp

Ramírez, F., Tarroux, A., Hovinen, J., Navarro, J., Afán, I., Forero, M.G., Descamps, S. 2017. Sea ice phenology and primary productivity pulses shape breeding success in Arctic seabirds. Scientific Reports 7: 9 pp

Sydeman, W.J., Thompson, S.A., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arimitsu, M., Bennison, A., Bertrand, S., Boersch-Supan, P., Boyd, C., Bransome, N.C., Crawford, R.J.M., Daunt, F., Furness, R.W., Gianuca, D., Gladics, A., Koehn, L., Lang, J.W., Logerwell, E., Morris, T.L., Phillips, E.M., Provencher. J., Punt, A.E., Saraux, C., Shannon, L., Sherley, R.B., Simeone, A., Wanless, R.M., Wanless, S., Zador, S. 2017. Best practices for assessing forage fish fisheries-seabird resource competition. Fisheries Research 194: 209-221

Lucia, M., Strøm, H., Bustamante, P., Herzke, D., Gabrielsen, G.W. 2017. Contamination of ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) at four colonies in Svalbard in relation to their trophic behaviour. Polar Biology 40:4: pp 917-929

Jakubas, D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Iliszko, L.M., Strøm, H., Stempniewicz, L. 2017. Habitat foraging niche of a High Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird in a changing environment. Scientific Reports 7: 16203: 14 pp.

Guéry, L., Descamps, S., Pradel, R., Hanssen, S.A., Erikstad, K.E., Gabrielsen, G.W., Gilchrist, H.G., Bêty, J. 2017. Hidden survival heterogeneity of three Common eider populations in response to climate fluctuations. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 683–693.

Fluhr, J., Strøm, H., Pradel, R., Duriez, O., Beaugrand, G., Descamps, S. 2017. Weakening of the subpolar gyre as a key driver of North Atlantic seabird demography: a case study with Brünnich’s guillemots in Svalbard. Marine Ecology Progress Series 563: 1-11. DOI: 10.3354/meps11982

Fayet, A.L., Freeman, R., Anker-Nilssen, T., Diamond, A., Erikstad, K.E., Fifield, D., Fitzsimmons, M.G., Hansen, E.S., Harris, M.P., Jessopp, M., Kouwenberg, A.-L., Kress, S., Mowat, S., Perrins, C.M., Petersen, A., Petersen, I.K., Reiertsen, T.K., Robertson, G.J., Shannon, P., Sigurðsson, I.A., Shoji, A., Wanless, S., Guilford, T. 2017. Ocean-wide Drivers of Migration Strategies and Their Influence on Population Breeding Performance in a Declining Seabird. Current Biology 27: 1-8.

Descamps, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Barrett, R.T., Irons, D.B., Merkel, F., Robertson, G.J., Yoccoz, N.G., Mallory, M.L., Montevecchi, W.A., Boertmann, D., Artukhin, Y., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Erikstad, K.-E., Gilchrist, H.G., Labansen, A.L., Lorentsen, S.-H., Mosbech, A., Olsen, B., Petersen, A., Rail, J.-F., Renner, H.M., Strøm. H., Systad, G.H., Wilhelm, S.I., Zelenskaya, L. 2017. Circumpolar dynamics of a marine top-predator track ocean warming rates. Global Change Biology 2017: 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13 715

Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Mattisson, J., Bekkby, T., Gundersen, H., May, R., Rinde, E., Lorentsen, S.-H. 2017. Habitat selection of foraging chick‑rearing European shags in contrasting marine environments. Marine Biology 164:196: 12 pp.

Bogdanova, M.I., Butler, A., Wanless, S., Moe, B., Anker-Nilssen, T., Frederiksen, M., Boulinier, T., Chivers, L.S., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Descamps, S., Harris, M.P., Newell, M., Olsen, B., Phillips, R.A., Shaw, D., Steen, H., Strøm, H., Thórarinsson, T.L., Daunt, F. 2017. Multi-colony tracking reveals spatio-temporal variation in carry-over effects between breeding success and winter movements in a pelagic seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 578: 167-181.

Barrett, R.T., Strøm, H., Melnikov, M. 2017. On the polar edge: the status of the northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in the Barents Sea in 2015-16. Polar Research 36-1: 7 pp

Barrett, R.T., Erikstad, K.E., Reiertsen, T.K. 2017. Ocean climate and egg investment in the black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 579: 129–137.

Vihtakari, M., Welcker, J., Moe, B., Chastel, O., Tartu, S., Hop, H., Bech, C., Descamps, S., Gabrielsen, GW. 2018. Black-legged kittiwakes as messengers of Atlantifcation in the Arctic. Scientific Reports 8:1178

Taylor, RS., Bailie, A., Gulavita, P., Birt, T., Aarvak, T., Anker-Nilssen, T., Barton, DC., Lindquist, K., Bedolla-Guzmán, Y., Quillfeldt, P., Friesen, VL. 2018. Sympatric population divergence within a highly pelagic seabird species complex (Hydrobates spp.). Journal of Avian Biology 49 DOI: doi: 10.1111/jav.01515