ArticleAmbio2018
On the crucial importance of a small bird: The ecosystem services of the little auk (Alle alle) population in Northwest Greenland in a long-term perspective.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- The influence of seabirds on their breeding, roosting and nesting grounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of animal ecology · 2022Pooled it
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- Seabirds Enhance Primary Producer and Consumer Isotope Signals on a Sub-Tropical Island.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Decline in the West Greenland population of a zooplanktivorous seabird, the little auk Alle alle.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Food chain without giants: modelling the trophic impact of bowhead whaling on little auk populations in the Atlantic Arctic.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Molecular tools prove little auks from Svalbard are extremely selective for Calanus glacialis even when exposed to Atlantification.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change.Nature communications · 2021Article
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- The ecological significance of extremely large flocks of birds.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Arctic climate change and pollution impact little auk foraging and fitness across a decade.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Life around the North Water ecosystem: Natural and social drivers of change over a millennium.Ambio · 2018Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The little auk is the most numerous seabird in the North Atlantic and its most important breeding area is the eastern shores of the North Water polynya. Here, a population of an estimated 33 million pairs breeds in huge colonies and significantly shapes the ecosystem. Archaeological remains in the colonies document that the little auk has been harvested over millennia. Anthropological research discloses how the little auk has a role both as social engineer and as a significant resource for the Inughuit today. The hunting can be practiced without costly equipment, and has no gender and age discrimination in contrast to the dominant hunt for marine mammals. Little auks are ecological engineers in the sense that they transport vast amounts of nutrients from sea to land, where the nutrients are deposited as guano. Here, the fertilized vegetation provides important foraging opportunities for hares, geese, fox, reindeer, and the introduced muskox. We estimate that the relative muskox density is ten times higher within 1 km of little auk fertilized vegetation hotspots.
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