2011
DOI: 10.3354/meps08975
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Reproductive success of planktivorous seabirds in the North Pacific is related to ocean climate on decadal scales

Abstract: Growing evidence indicates relationships between seabird demography and both largeand small-scale variation in climate and oceanography, yet few studies have examined multiple species and locations simultaneously. As secondary consumers, least, whiskered, and crested auklets (Aethia pusilla, A. pygmaea, and A. cristatella, respectively), congeneric planktivorous seabirds endemic to the Bering and Okhotsk seas, are expected to respond to changes in ocean climate due to their low trophic positioning. From 1990 t… Show more

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“…At Kiska volcano, major eruptions in the 1960s produced virtually unlimited numbers of auklet breeding sites in the vast dome of porous lava at Sirius Point, where near complete breeding failure occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the presence of abundant introduced rats (Major et al 2006). Such failure has never occurred on any island except Kiska (Bond et al 2011). Thus, although the forecasted declines in auklet populations at Kasatochi and Buldir islands can be related to North Pacific-wide ocean productivity issues affecting all islands, or perhaps unknown local factors, such as gull predation or vegetation encroachment, the major demographic issue is limited to Kiska and is coincident with rats (Major et al 2006).…”
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“…At Kiska volcano, major eruptions in the 1960s produced virtually unlimited numbers of auklet breeding sites in the vast dome of porous lava at Sirius Point, where near complete breeding failure occurred in 2001 and 2002 in the presence of abundant introduced rats (Major et al 2006). Such failure has never occurred on any island except Kiska (Bond et al 2011). Thus, although the forecasted declines in auklet populations at Kasatochi and Buldir islands can be related to North Pacific-wide ocean productivity issues affecting all islands, or perhaps unknown local factors, such as gull predation or vegetation encroachment, the major demographic issue is limited to Kiska and is coincident with rats (Major et al 2006).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because Least Auklets apparently experience very similar environmental conditions across the Aleutian Islands (Bond et al 2011(Bond et al , 2012 The auklet colony at Kiska Island encompasses an area of approximately 2 km² and is situated on two lava domes, one recent (1960s), the other older and from the 19th century (Coats et al 1961, Simkin et al 1981, Major et al 2006. Although there are a very large number of birds breeding here and there are areas with encroaching vegetation, available habitat is presumably not limiting (authors' personal observations).…”
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