Publications

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2022

Benowitz-Fredericks ZM, Lacey LM, Whelan S, Will AP, Hatch SA, Kitaysky AS. (2022) Telomere length correlates with physiological and behavioural responses of a long-lived seabird to an ecologically relevant challenge. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 20220139 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0139

Chastel O, Fort J, Ackerman JT, Albert C, Angelier F, Basu N, Blévin P, Brault-Favrou M, Bustnes JO, Bustamante P, Danielsen J, Descamps S, Dietz R, Erikstad KE, Eulaers I, Ezhov A, Fleishman AB, Gabrielsen GW, Gavrilo M, Gilchrist G, Gilg O, Gíslason S, Golubova E, Goutte A, Grémillet D, Hallgrimsson GT, Hansen ES, Hanssen SA, Hatch S, Huffeldt NP, Jakubas D, Jónsson JE, Kitaysky AS, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Letcher RJ, Linnebjerg JF, Mallory M, Merkel FR, Moe B, Montevecchi WJ, Mosbech A, Olsen B, Orben RA, Provencher JF, Ragnarsdottir SB, Reiertsen TK, Rojek N, Romano M, Søndergaard J, Strøm H, Takahashi A, Tartu S, Thórarinsson TL, Thiebot JB, Will AP, Wilson S, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Yannic G. (2022) Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds. Science of The Total Environment 844: 156944 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156944

Lynn SE, Kern MD, Fitzgerald K, Will A, Kitaysky A. (2022) Cooling increases corticosterone deposition in feathers of eastern bluebird chicks. General and Comparative Endocrinology 320: 114001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114001

Carravieri A, Vincze O, Bustamante P, Ackerman JT, Adams EM, Angelier F, Chastel O, Cherel Y, Gilg O, Golubova E, Kitaysky A, Luff K, Seewagen CL, Strøm H, Will AP, Yannic G, Giraudeau M, Fort J. (2022) Quantitative meta-analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds. Biological Reviews 94: 1253-1271 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12840

2021

Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Will A, Tsukamoto S, Merkel B, Kitaysky A. (2021) 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. Polar Science 27: 100552 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0139

Yamashita R, Hiki N, Kashiwada F, Takada H, Mizukawa K, Hardesty BD, Roman L, Hyrenbach D, Ryan PG, Dilley BJ, Muñoz-Pérez JP, Valle CA, Pham CK, Frias J, Nishizawa B, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Will A, Kokubun N, Watanabe YY, Yamamoto T, Shiomi K, Shimabukuro U, Watanuki Y. (2021) Plastic additives and legacy persistent organic pollutants in the preen gland oil of seabirds sampled across the globe. Environmental Monitoring and Contaminants Research 1: 97-112 https://doi.org/10.5985/emcr.20210009

Albert C, Helgason HH, Brault-Favrou M, Robertson GJ, Descamps S, Amélineau F, Danielson J, Dietz R, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Eulaers I, Ezhov A, Fitzsimmons MG, Gavrilo M, Golubova E, Grémillet D, Hatch S, Huffeldt NP, Jakubas D, Kitaysky A, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Lorentsen SH, Lorentzen E, Mallory ML, Merkel B, Merkel FR, Montevecchi W, Mosbech a, Olsen B, Orben RA, Patterson A, Provencher J, Plumejeaud C, Pratte I, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Rojek N, Romano M, Strøm H, Systad GH, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Thórarinsson TL, Will AP, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Bustamante P, Fort J. (2021) Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment. Science of The Total Environment 750: 142201 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142201

2020

Will A, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Martinez A, Kitaiskaia E, Britt L, Nichol D, Murphy J, Dimond A, Tsukamoto S, Nishizawa B, Niizuma Y, Kitaysky A (2020) The breeding seabird community reveals that recent sea ice loss in the Pacific Arctic does not benefit piscivores and is detrimental to planktivores. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 181-182: 104902 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104902

Will A, Thiebot JB, Ip HS, Shoogukwruk P, Annogiyuk M, Takahashi A, Shearn-Bochsler V, Killian ML, Torchetti M, Kitaysky A (2020) Investigation of the 2018 thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) die-off on St. Lawrence Island rules out food shortage as the cause. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 181-182: 104879 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104879

Hipfner JM, Prill MM, Studholme KR, Domalik AD, Tucker S, Jardine C, Maftei M, Wright KG, Beck JN, Bradley RW, Carle RD, Good TP, Hatch SA, Hodum PJ, Ito M, Pearson SF, Rojek NA, Slater L, Watanuki Y, Will AP, Bindoff AD, Crossin GT, Drever MC, Burg TM (2020) Geolocator tagging links distributions in the non-breeding season to population genetic structure in a sentinel North Pacific seabird. PloS one 15: e0240056 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240056

Albert C, Helgason HH, Brault-Favrou M, Robertson GJ, Descamps S, Amélineau F, Danielsen J, Dietz R, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Eulaers I, Ezhov A, Fitzsimmons MG, Gavrilo M, Golubova E, Grémillet D, Hatch S, Huffeldt NP, Jakubas D, Kitaysky A, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Lorentsen SH, Lorentzen E, Mallory ML, Merkel B, Merkel FR, Montevecchi W, Mosbech A, Olsen B, Orben RA, Patterson A, Provencher J, Plumejeaud C, Pratte I, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Rojek N, Romano M, Strøm H, Systad GH, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Thórarinsson TL, Will AP, Wojczulanis-Jakubas K, Bustamante P, Fort J (2020) Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: a pan-arctic assessment. Science of the Total Environment 750: 142201 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142201

2019

Will AP, Wynne-Edwards K, Zhou R, Kitaysky AS (2019) Of 11 candidate steroids, corticosterone concentration standardized for mass is the most reliable steroid biomarker of nutritional stress across different feather types. Ecology and Evolution 9: 11930–11943 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5701

Fleishman AB, Orben RA, Kokubun N, Will A, Paredes R, Ackerman JT, Takahashi AT, Kitaysky AS, Shaffer SA (2019) Wintering in the western subarctic Pacific increases mercury contamination of red-legged kittiwakes. Environmental Science & Technology 53: 13398-13407 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b03421

2018

Will AP, Kitaiskaia EV, Kitaysky AS (2018) Red-legged kittiwake feathers link food availability to environmental changes in the Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 593: 261-274 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12509

Will AP, Kitaysky AS (2018) Variability in trophic level and habitat use in response to environmental forcing: isotopic niche dynamics of breeding seabirds in the southeastern Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 593: 247-260 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12471

Kokubun N, Takahashi A, Paredes R, Young RC, Sato NN, Yamamoto T, Kikuchi DM, Kitaiskaia EV, Ito M, Watanuki Y, Will AP, Lauth R, Romano MD, Kitaysky AS (2018) Inter-annual climate variability affects foraging behavior and nutritional state of thick-billed murres breeding in the southeastern Bering Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 593: 195-208 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12365

Orben RA, Kokubun N, Fleishman AB, Will AP, Yamamoto T, Shaffer SA, Paredes R, Takahashi A, Kitaysky AS (2018) Persistent annual migration patterns of a specialist seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 593: 231-245 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12459

2017

Young RC, Orben RA, Will AP, Kitaysky AS (2017) Relationship between telomere dynamics and movement and behavior during winter in the thick-billed murre. Marine Ecology Progress Series 578: 253-261 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12022

2016

Barger CP, Young RC, Will A, Ito M, Kitaysky AS (2016) Resource partitioning between sympatric seabird species increases during chick-rearing. Ecosphere 7(9):e01447 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1447

Kokubun N, Yamamoto T, Sato N, Watanuki Y, Will A, Kitaysky AS, Takahashi A (2016) Foraging segregation of two congeneric diving seabird species breeding on St. George Island, Bering Sea. Biogeosciences 13: 2579-2591 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2579-2016

Yamamoto T, Kokubun N, Kikuchi DM, Sato N, Takahashi A, Will AP, Kitaysky AS, Watanuki Y (2016) Differential responses of seabirds to environmental variability over 2 years in the continental shelf and oceanic habitats of southeastern Bering Sea. Biogeosciences 13: 2405-2414 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-2405-2016

2015

Will A, Watanuki Y, Kikuchi DM, Sato N, Ito M, Callahan M, Wynne-Edwards K, Hatch S, Elliott K, Slater L, Takahashi A, Kitasyky A (2015) Feather corticosterone reveals stress associated with dietary changes in a breeding seabird. Ecology and Evolution Sept 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1694

Paredes R, Orben RA, Roby DD, Irons DB, Young R, Renner H, Tremblay Y, Will A, Harding AMA, Kitaysky AS (2015) Foraging ecology during nesting influences body size in a pursuit-diving seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series 533: 261-276 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11388

2014

Will AP, Suzuki Y, Elliott KH, Hatch SA, Watanuki Y, Kitaysky AS (2014) Feather corticosterone reveals developmental stress in seabirds. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 2371-2376 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.098533

Posters

Will A, Thiebot JB, Takahashi A, Kitaysky A (2020) Winter migration and carry-over effects in planktivorous and piscivorous seabirds breeding on St. Lawrence Island. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, January 2020

Will A, Wynne-Edwards K, Zhou R, Kitaysky A (2019) Adrenal and sex steroid hormones in alcid feathers. Alaska Bird Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, February 2019

Will A, Thiebot JB, Takahashi A, Kitaysky A (2018) Following least auklets (Aethia pusilla) into the winter. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, January 2018

Will AP, Patterson A, Kitaysky AS (2013) A tale of two feathers: resource allocation and corticosterone in seabird nestlings. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, January 2013