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The Arctic queen and the Pacific invader: salmonid migrations on Svalbard
2024-07-14
The elusive and unique swimming migration of young guillemots
2023-10-20
Where wild krill are
2023-09-20
Hva skjer på et forskningsfartøy?
2022-05-30 (Norwegian)
Birds on the move - the spatial distribution of seabirds
2021-10-22
krill comparison map hatched
2023-09-29
Benjamin Merkel II
2020-06-12
Benjamin Merkel
Untangling the complexities of larval Antarctic krill overwintering success under climate change
Zephyr T Sylvester, Devi Veytia [+18]
ICES Journal of Marine Science 2025-04-01
Seabirds reveal mercury distribution across the North Atlantic
Céline Albert, Børge Moe [+37]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2024-05-13
Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria
Benjamin Merkel & Hallvard Strøm
Journal of Avian Biology 2023-10-12
Multi‐colony tracking of two pelagic seabirds with contrasting flight capability illustrates how windscapes shape migratory movements at an ocean‐basin scale
Françoise Amélineau, Arnaud Tarroux [+31]
Ecography 2023-10-10
Wintering and migration strategies of Slavonian Grebes Podiceps auritus breeding in Iceland
Thorkell Lindberg Thórarinsson, Benjamin Merkel [+2]
Bird Study 2023-10-02
Quantifying circumpolar summer habitat for Antarctic krill and Ice krill, two key species of the Antarctic marine ecosystem
B Merkel, P Trathan [+5]
ICES Journal of Marine Science 2023-07-14
Light-level geolocation as a tool to monitor polar bear (Ursus maritimus) denning ecology: a case study
Benjamin Merkel, Jon Aars [+2]
Animal Biotelemetry 2023-03-21
Post-colony swimming migration in the genus Uria
Journal of Avian Biology 2023
Telemetry data of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) migrations in a north Norwegian fjord
Magnus Aune, Jenny L.A. Jensen [+4]
Data in Brief 2022-04
Space and Habitat Utilization of the Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in a Newly Invaded Fjord in Northern Norway
Magnus Aune, Jenny L. A. Jensen [+5]
Frontiers in Marine Science 2022-03-04
Shifting polar bear Ursus maritimus denning habitat availability in the European Arctic
Benjamin Merkel & Jon Aars
Polar Biology 2022-01-30
The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic
Ewan D. Wakefield, David L. Miller [+19]
Progress in Oceanography 2021-11
Sharing wintering grounds does not synchronize annual survival in a high Arctic seabird, the little auk
S Descamps, B Merkel [+13]
Marine Ecology Progress Series 2021-10-14
Strong migratory connectivity across meta-populations of sympatric North Atlantic seabirds
B Merkel, S Descamps [+15]
Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: applications for population management and marine spatial planning
P Fauchald, A Tarroux [+38]
Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements
F Amélineau, B Merkel [+40]
North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds
Manon Clairbaux, Paul Mathewson [+47]
Current Biology 2021-09
Breeding together, wintering an ocean apart: Foraging ecology of the northern Bering Sea thick-billed and common murres in years of contrasting sea-ice conditions
Akinori Takahashi, Jean-Baptiste Thiebot [+4]
Polar Science 2021-03
Meeting Paris agreement objectives will temper seabird winter distribution shifts in the North Atlantic Ocean
Manon Clairbaux, William W. L. Cheung [+48]
Global Change Biology 2021-01-20
Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment
Céline Albert, Hálfdán Helgi Helgason [+46]
Science of The Total Environment 2021-01
Individual migration strategy fidelity but no habitat specialization in two congeneric seabirds
Benjamin Merkel, Sébastien Descamps [+14]
Journal of Biogeography 2020-10-30
Year-round spatiotemporal distribution pattern of a threatened sea duck species breeding on Kolguev Island, south-eastern Barents Sea
Thiemo Karwinkel, Ingrid L. Pollet [+8]
BMC Ecology 2020-05-25
Modelling polar bear maternity den habitat in east Svalbard
Benjamin Merkel, Jon Aars [+1]
Polar Research 2020-03-24
Earlier colony arrival but no trend in hatching timing in two congeneric seabirds (Uriaspp.) across the North Atlantic
Biology Letters 2019-10
Light‐level geolocator analyses: A user's guide
Simeon Lisovski, Silke Bauer [+16]
Journal of Animal Ecology 2019-06-25
Choose Your Poison—Space-Use Strategy Influences Pollutant Exposure in Barents Sea Polar Bears
Sabrina Tartu, Jon Aars [+10]
Environmental Science & Technology 2018-01-24
Sea ice resource selection models for polar bears in the Barents Sea subpopulation
Karen Lone, Benjamin Merkel [+3]
Ecography 2017-06-15
A probabilistic algorithm to process geolocation data
Benjamin Merkel, Richard A. Phillips [+4]
Movement Ecology 2016-11-18
The World’s Northernmost Harbour Seal Population–How Many Are There?
Benjamin Merkel, Christian Lydersen [+2]
PLoS ONE 2013-07-03
Potential misidentifications of two climate indicator species of the marine arctic ecosystem: Calanus glacialis and C. finmarchicus
T. M. Gabrielsen, B. Merkel [+7]
Polar Biology 2012-06-10
Modelled data for "Merkel et al. 2023. Quantifying circumpolar summer habitat for Antarctic krill and Ice krill, two key species of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science"
Benjamin Merkel, P. Trathan [+5]
Norwegian Polar Data Centre 2023-06-22
A mystery solved – How do guillemot chicks spend their second half of their rearing period?
Movement Ecology of Animals - Proximate and Ultimate Drivers of Animal Movement 2023-05-28
Persistent post-breeding hotspots in the cold - large-scale tracking of kittiwakes in the north-east Atlantic
Børge Moe, Hallvard Strøm [+41]
The 6th International Biologging Science Symposium 2017-09-25
Importance of the Barents Sea for North Atlantic seabirds - A SEATRACK case study
Benjamin Merkel, Francoise Amelineau [+27]
15th International Seabird Group Conference 2022-08-22
A mystery solved How and where do guillemot chicks spend their second half of their rearing period?
3rd World Seabird Conference 2021-09-30
Sjøfugl i havområdene rundt Jan Mayen og langs den midtatlantiske rygg
Hallvard Strøm, Benjamin Merkel [+2]
2021