Gilg, O., J. Moreau, and L. Bollache. (2015). Climate change and interspecific interactions within an arctic community of terrestrial vertebrates.in Small mammal population outbreaks and their consequences, 24-26 March 2015, Frasne, France..
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Hanssen, S. A., R. v. Bemmelen, O. Chastel, D. Herzke, J. O. Bustnes, E. Skottene, A. Fenstad, A. Ask, G. W. Gabrielsen, O. Gilg, R. Philips, and B. Moe. (2015). Arctic Skua migration: linking individual consistency, migratory connectivity and contaminant loads.in 2nd World Seabird Conference, Cape Town, South Africa..
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Kolbeinsson, Y., R. v. Bemmelen, Æ. Petersen, J. A. Alves, K. Välimäki, D. J. Okill, O. Gilg, A. Lehikoinen, I. K. Petersen, S. Thorstensen, R. Ramos, and J. González-Solís. (2015). Unravelling the migration and wintering grounds of Red-necked Phalaropes Phalaropus lobatus nesting across the Western Palearctic and in NE Greenland.in 2nd World Seabird Conference, Cape Town, South Africa..
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van Bemmelen, R., B. Moe, S. A. Hanssen, N. Schmidt, and O. Gilg. (2015). Repeatability of migration routes and timing in a long-distance migratory seabird, the Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus.in 2nd World Seabird Conference, Cape Town, South Africa..
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Henttonen, H., O. Gilg, E. Korpimaki, R. A. Ims, and N. G. Yoccoz. (2016). Ilkka Hanski and small mammals: from shrews to vole and lemming dynamics.in British Ecological Society, Annual meeting 2016, 11-14 December, Liverpool, UK..
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van Bemmelen, R., B. Moe, S. A. Hanssen, N. M. Schmidt, and O. Gilg. (2016). Consistency of migration routes in a long-distance migratory seabird, the Long-tailed Skua.in Animal Movement International Symposium: Bridging the Gap Between Modelling and Tracking Data, Lund, Sweden..
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Lang, J., B. Sittler, A. Aebischer, O. Gilg, J. Hansen, and N. M. Schmidt. (2017). Dead-end Greenland? New insights into the occurrence and movements of Snowy owls in one of their most remote habitats (6-10 March 2017). 4th International Snowy Owl Working Group. ISOWG, Milton, USA..
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Sittler, B., J. Lang, O. Gilg, and A. Aebischer. (2017). The decline of snowy owls in NE Greenland as assessed by 30 years of long term monitoring on Traill Island (6-10 March 2017). 4th International Snowy Owl Working Group. ISOWG, Milton, USA..
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Fort, J., H. Helgason, F. Amélineau, T. Anker-Nilssen, J. Bustnes, J. Danielsen, S. Descamps, R. Dietz, K. Elliott, K. Erikstad, A. Ezhov, M. Gavrilo, G. Gilchrist, O. Gilg, D. Grémillet, E. Hansen, S. Hanssen, M. Helberg, N. Huffeldt, J. Jónsson, A. Kitaysky, M. Langseth, S. Leclaire, T. Thorarinsson, S.-H. Lorentsen, E. Lorentzen, M. Mallory, F. Merkel, B. Moe, W. Montevecchi, A. Mosbech, B. Olsen, I. Pratte, J. Provencher, S. Ragnarsdóttir, T. Reiertsen, G. Robertson, K. Sagerup, H. Strøm, G. Systad, G. Tertitski, P. Thompson, G. Hallgrímsson, E. Tolmacheva, A. Will, K. Wojczulanis-Jakubas, and P. Bustamante. (2017). ARCTOX: a pan-Arctic sampling network to track mercury contamination across Arctic marine food webs. 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, 16-21/7/17, Providence, USA..
Abstract: Arctic marine ecosystems are threatened by new risks of Hg contamination under the combined effects of climate change and human activities. Rapid change of the cryosphere might for instance release large amounts of Hg trapped in sea-ice, permafrost and terrestrial glaciers over the last decades. Sea-ice disappearance is opening new shipping areas to polluting human industries. The general warming of ocean water masses is expected to affect the cycle of Hg, thereby increasing exposure of marine organisms. Hence, Hg could have high impacts on Arctic organisms, biodiversity and ecosystems and is still a source of major environmental concerns. In that context, providing a large-scale and comprehensive understanding of the Arctic marine food-web contamination is essential to better apprehend impacts of anthropogenic activities and climate change on the exposure of Arctic species and humans to Hg. In 2015, an international sampling network (ARCTOX) has been established, allowing the collection seabird samples all around the Arctic. Seabirds are indeed good indicators of Hg contamination of marine food webs at large spatial scale. Gathering researchers from 10 countries, ARCTOX allowed the collection of >5000 samples from twelve seabird species at >40 Arctic sites in 2015 and 2016. These different species have different trophic ecologies (diets and habitats) and will therefore provide information on Hg contamination for the different compartments of Arctic marine ecosystems (i.e benthic, pelagic, epontic, coastal, oceanic). By relying on this new network and by combining Hg analyses with biotelemetry, we aim at (1) monitoring spatio-temporal variations of Hg in Arctic biota. (2) Defining Arctic hotspots of Hg contamination and highlighting sensitive areas that require particular attention and protection. (3) Identifying non-Arctic sources of Hg contamination for migratory Arctic predators.
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Sittler, B., J. Lang, and O. Gilg. (2017). The responses of arctic foxes to lemming cycles in North East Greenland as assessed through a 30-year long term monitoring. 5th International Conference in Arctic Fox Biology (12-15 October), Rimouski, Canada..
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