dc.contributor.author | Descamps, Sébastien | |
dc.contributor.author | Aars, Jon | |
dc.contributor.author | Fuglei, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | Kovacs, Kit M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lydersen, Christian | |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlova, Olga | |
dc.contributor.author | Pedersen, Åshild Ø. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ravolainen, Virve | |
dc.contributor.author | Strøm, Hallvard | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Arctic Ocean | en_US |
dc.coverage.spatial | Barents Sea | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-24T13:29:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-24T13:29:55Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Descamps, S.; Aars, J.; Fuglei, E.; Kovacs, K.M.; Lydersen, C.; Pavlova, O.; Pedersen, Å.Ø.; Ravolainen, V. and Strøm, H. (2017), Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway. Global Change Biology 23, pp.490-502. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13381 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11329/1389 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-895 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 within the circumpolar Arctic, along with the
highest rate of sea ice loss. These physical changes are affecting a broad array of resident Arctic organisms as well as
some migrants that occupy the region seasonally. Herein, evidence of climate change impacts on terrestrial and marine
wildlife in Svalbard is reviewed, with a focus on bird and mammal species. In the terrestrial ecosystem, increased
winter air temperatures and concomitant increases in the frequency of ‘rain-on-snow’ events are one of the most
important facets of climate change with respect to impacts on flora and fauna. Winter rain creates ice that blocks
access to food for herbivores and synchronizes the population dynamics of the herbivore–predator guild. In the marine
ecosystem, increases in sea temperature and reductions in sea ice are influencing the entire food web. These
changes are affecting the foraging and breeding ecology of most marine birds and mammals and are associated with
an increase in abundance of several temperate fish, seabird and marine mammal species. Our review indicates that
even though a few species are benefiting from a warming climate, most Arctic endemic species in Svalbard are experiencing
negative consequences induced by the warming environment. Our review emphasizes the tight relationships
between the marine and terrestrial ecosystems in this High Arctic archipelago. Detecting changes in trophic relationships
within and between these ecosystems requires long-term (multidecadal) demographic, population- and ecosystem-
based monitoring, the results of which are necessary to set appropriate conservation priorities in relation to
climate warming. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway. | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | en_US |
dc.description.refereed | Refereed | en_US |
dc.format.pagerange | pp.490-502 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/gcb.13381 | |
dc.bibliographicCitation.title | Global Change Biology | en_US |
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume | 23 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 13.1 | en_US |
dc.description.sdg | 14 | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Marine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distribution | en_US |
dc.description.eov | Sea Ice | en_US |
dc.description.bptype | Manual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc) | en_US |
obps.contact.contactname | Sebastien Descamps | |
obps.contact.contactemail | sebastien.descamps@npolar.no | |
obps.resourceurl.publisher | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.13381 | en_US |