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Dynamics of helminth fauna of black-legged kittiwake in the Russian Arctic in the context of climate changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

Vadim V. Kuklin Open the ORCID record for Vadim V. Kuklin [Opens in a new window]  and
Marina M. Kuklina Open the ORCID record for Marina M. Kuklina [Opens in a new window]
Vadim V. Kuklin*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ornithology and Parasitology, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 183010 Murmansk, Russia
Marina M. Kuklina
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ornithology and Parasitology, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 183010 Murmansk, Russia
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Author for correspondence: Vadim V. Kuklin, E-mail: vv_kuklin@mail.ru
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Abstract

We present the results of our studies of the helminth fauna and the diet of the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758) in the Gorodetskiy bird colonies on the Rybachiy Peninsula (Murman coast of the Barents Sea) carried out in 2006–2008 and in 2018–2020. We did not find any noticeable changes in the species diversity of the helminth fauna of the kittiwakes, the proportion of the dominant parasite species and the values of most quantitative infection indices between the two study periods. At the same time, there was a marked decrease in the mean abundance of the dominant cestode species (Alcataenia larina Krabbe, 1869 and Tetrabothrius erostris Loennberg, 1889) in 2018–2020 as compared to 2006–2008. The changes in parasitology of birds found in our study appear to be largely determined by fluctuations of abiotic conditions (increased water and air temperature) and the state of the food supply (size structure of the zooplankton) in the study area.

Keywords

Barents SeakittiwakeRissa tridactylaclimate changeshelminths
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 96 , 2022 , e36
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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