Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea

dc.contributor.authorKarwinkel, Thiemo
dc.contributor.authorPollet, Ingrid L.
dc.contributor.authorVardeh, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorKruckenberg, Helmut
dc.contributor.authorGlazov, Petr
dc.contributor.authorLoshchagina, Julia
dc.contributor.authorKondratyev, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorMerkel, Benjamin
dc.contributor.authorBellebaum, Jochen
dc.contributor.authorQuillfeldt, Petra
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-26T11:06:18Z
dc.date.available2021-07-26T11:06:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-25
dc.description.abstractBackground: The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) was categorized as ´Vulnerable` by the IUCN after a study revealed a rapid wintering population decline of 65% between 1992–1993 and 2007–2009 in the Baltic Sea. As knowledge about the European long-tailed duck’s life cycle and movement ecology is limited, we investigate its year-round spatiotemporal distribution patterns. Specifically, we aimed to identify the wintering grounds, timing of migration and staging of this population via light-level geolocation. Results: Of the 48 female long-tailed ducks tagged on Kolguev Island (western Russian Arctic), 19 were recaptured to obtain data. After breeding and moulting at freshwater lakes, ducks went out to sea around Kolguev Island and to marine waters ranging from the White Sea to Novaya Zemlya Archipelago for 33 ± 10 days. After a rapid autumn migration, 18 of 19 birds spent their winter in the Baltic Sea and one bird in the White Sea, where they stayed for 212 ± 3 days. There, they used areas known to host long-tailed ducks, but areas differed among individuals. After a rapid spring migration in mid-May, the birds spent 23 ± 3 days at sea in coastal areas between the White Sea and Kolguev Island, before returning to their freshwater breeding habitats in June. Conclusions: The Baltic Sea represents the most important wintering area for female long-tailed ducks from Kolguev Island. Important spring and autumn staging areas include the Barents Sea and the White Sea. Climate change will render these habitats more exposed to human impacts in the form of fisheries, marine traffic and oil exploitation in near future. Threats that now operate in the wintering areas may thus spread to the higher latitude staging areas and further increase the pressure on long-tailed ducks.de_DE
dc.description.sponsorshipFunding for the collection and analysis of data was granted by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (Bundesamt für Naturschutz, BfN), award MEERESENTEN (3516821500), by the Vogelschutz-Komitee e.V. (VsK), Germany, by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Project No. AAAA-A19-119022190168-8) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 18-05-60057 Arctic).
dc.identifier.urihttps://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de//handle/jlupub/147
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-92
dc.language.isoende_DE
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectlong-tailed duckde_DE
dc.subjectClangula hyemalisde_DE
dc.subjectBaltic Seade_DE
dc.subjectGeolocationde_DE
dc.subjectsea duckde_DE
dc.subjectConservationde_DE
dc.subjectRussian Arcticde_DE
dc.subject.ddcddc:570de_DE
dc.titleYear-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Seade_DE
dc.typearticlede_DE
local.affiliationFB 08 - Biologie und Chemie
local.source.articlenumber31de_DE
local.source.journaltitleBMC ecologyde_DE
local.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00299-2
local.source.volume20de_DE

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