A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
An ecologically sound and participatory monitoring network for pan-Arctic seabirds
Authors: Clairbaux Manon, Rönkä Mia, Anker-Nilssen Tycho, Artukhin Yuri, Danielsen Jóhannis, Gavrilo Maria, Gilchrist Grant, Hansen Erpur Snær, Hedd April, Kaler Robert, Kuletz Kathy, Olsen Bergur, Mallory Mark L., Merkel Flemming Ravn, Strøm Hallvard, Fort Jérôme, Grémillet David
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Conservation Biology
Journal name in source: Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Journal acronym: Conserv Biol
Article number: e14287
Volume: 38
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0888-8892
eISSN: 1523-1739
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14287
Web address : https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14287
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/404651471
In a warming Arctic, circumpolar long-term monitoring programs are key to advancing ecological knowledge and informing environmental policies. Calls for better involvement of Arctic peoples in all stages of the monitoring process are widespread, although such transformation of Arctic science is still in its infancy. Seabirds stand out as ecological sentinels of environmental changes, and priority has been given to implement the Circumpolar Seabird Monitoring Plan (CSMP). We assessed the representativeness of a pan-Arctic seabird monitoring network focused on the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) by comparing the distribution of environmental variables for all known versus monitored colonies. We found that with respect to its spatiotemporal coverage, this monitoring network does not fully embrace current and future environmental gradients. To improve the current scheme, we designed a method to identify colonies whose inclusion in the monitoring network will improve its ecological representativeness, limit logistical constraints, and improve involvement of Arctic peoples. We thereby highlight that inclusion of study sites in the Bering Sea, Siberia, western Russia, northern Norway, and southeastern Greenland could improve the current monitoring network and that their proximity to local populations might allow increased involvement of local communities. Our framework can be applied to improve existing monitoring networks in other ecoregions and sociological contexts.
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