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Miller MWC, Lovvorn JR, Graff NR, Stellrecht NC. Use of marine vs. freshwater proteins for egg‐laying and incubation by sea ducks breeding in Arctic tundra. Ecosphere 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Micah W. C. Miller
- School of Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office Fairbanks Alaska USA
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- School of Biological Sciences Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office Fairbanks Alaska USA
- Department of Biology and Wildlife University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks Alaska USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office Fairbanks Alaska USA
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Cantlay JC, Bond AL, Wells-Berlin AM, Crawford R, Martin GR, Rouxel Y, Peregoy S, McGrew KA, Portugal SJ. Ineffectiveness of light emitting diodes as underwater deterrents for Long-tailed Ducks Clangula hyemalis. Glob Ecol Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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White TP, Veit RR. Spatial ecology of long‐tailed ducks and white‐winged scoters wintering on Nantucket Shoals. Ecosphere 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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- Timothy P. White
- Environmental Studies Program, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management U.S. Department of the Interior Sterling Virginia 20166 USA
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- Department of Biology CSI/CUNY Staten Island New York 10314 USA
- The Graduate Center CUNY New York New York 10016 USA
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Bravo C, Bautista LM, Ponce C, Alonso JC. Feeding functional responses in a sexually size-dimorphic bird. ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2019.103487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Buckner JC, Ellingson R, Gold DA, Jones TL, Jacobs DK. Mitogenomics supports an unexpected taxonomic relationship for the extinct diving duck Chendytes lawi and definitively places the extinct Labrador Duck. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 122:102-109. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 10/27/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Miller MWC, Lovvorn JR, Matz AC, Taylor RJ, Latty CJ, Safine DE. Trace Elements in Sea Ducks of the Alaskan Arctic Coast: Patterns of Variation Among Species, Sexes, and Ages. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2016; 71:297-312. [PMID: 27272534 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-016-0288-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Climate change and increasing industrialization in the Arctic call for the collection of reference data for assessing changes in contaminant levels. For migratory birds, measuring and interpreting changes in trace element burdens on Arctic breeding areas require insights into factors such as sex, body size, or wintering area that may modify patterns independently of local exposure. In the Alaskan Arctic, we determined levels of trace elements in liver and kidney of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) and long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) from the Prudhoe Bay oil field and of king eiders (S. spectabilis) and threatened spectacled eiders (S. fischeri) and Steller's eiders (Polystica stelleri) from near the town of Barrow. Small-bodied Steller's eiders and long-tailed ducks from different locations had similarly low levels of selenium (Se), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu), perhaps reflecting high mass-specific rates of metabolic depuration during long spring migrations through areas of low exposure. In larger species, Se, Cd, and Cu concentrations were higher in adults than juveniles suggesting that these elements were acquired in nonbreeding marine habitats. Adult male spectacled eiders had exceptionally high Se, Cd, and Cu compared with adult females, possibly because of depuration into eggs and longer female occupancy of nonmarine habitats. Adult female common eiders and juvenile long-tailed ducks at Prudhoe Bay had high and variable levels of Pb, potentially due to local exposure. Explanations for substantial variations in Hg levels were not apparent. Further research into reasons for differing element levels among species and sexes will help clarify the sources, pathways, and risks of exposure.
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- Micah W C Miller
- Department of Zoology and Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA.
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA.
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- Department of Zoology and Center for Ecology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 62901, USA
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- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA
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- Trace Elements Research Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
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- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA
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- United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Fairbanks Fish and Wildlife Field Office, Fairbanks, AK, 99701, USA
- Division of Migratory Birds Management, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA
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Varennes E, Hanssen SA, Bonardelli JC, Guillemette M. Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) quality of preferred prey improves digestion in a molluscivore bird (Common Eider,Somateria mollissima). CAN J ZOOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Benthivorous predators like sea ducks rely on abundant but low-quality food. Because they ingest whole blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L., 1758), including shells, they have to consume large quantities of food to maintain energy balance. Digestive processes may therefore limit energy assimilation in these predators, although selecting mussel types that minimize shell ingestion may improve foraging profitability. To test this prediction, we first quantified mussel quality from different sizes and habitats by measuring energy content and various features of mussel morphology. Then, we conducted digestive experiments on captive Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima (L., 1758)) fed with various mussel types to determine their impact on Eiders’ digestion. Aquacultured and small mussels were of better quality, because of higher energy content and less resistant shells. These mussel characteristics allowed faster digestive processes for an equal digestibility compared with large intertidal mussels. Previous studies showed that aquacultured and small mussels were generally preferred by sea ducks. Hence, prey-selection behaviours and digestive processes seem closely connected in these highly digestive-constrained predators.
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- Elisabeth Varennes
- Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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Varennes E, Hanssen SA, Bonardelli JC, Guillemette M. A large molluscivore bird (Common Eider, Somateria mollissima) is able to discriminate quality of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) based on size and provenance. CAN J ZOOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2015-0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Molluscivore birds that forage on abundant but low-quality food have to ingest large quantities of food to achieve energy balance. Such a strategy is often associated with important digestive constraints limiting predator’s ingestion. Thus, these predators may use prey selection to ingest better-quality individuals among a generally low-quality prey population. Using captive Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima (L., 1758)) diving in a constant environment, we were able to examine their preferences for blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L., 1758) of varying qualities (different sizes or provenances). In addition, we studied the consequences prey selection had on Eiders’ energy intake rates and ingestion of flesh and shell material. Eiders selected 10–20 mm mussels and were able to discriminate and to select cultivated mussels from intertidal mussels. Prey selection allowed, in certain conditions of prey-size abundance, higher flesh and energy intake rates without increasing the ingestion of shell material. This study confirmed the energetic advantage that Eiders have when foraging in aquaculture sites, which explain the large depredation of preferred mussel sizes.
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- Elisabeth Varennes
- Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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- Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Fram Centre, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- Département de biologie, chimie et géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, 300, allée des Ursulines, Rimouski, QC G5L 3A1, Canada
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