Flemming R. Merkel

Cruz-Flores M, Lemaire J, Brault-Favrou M, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Churlaud C, Descamps S, Elliott K, Erikstad KE, Ezhov A, Gavrilo M, Gremillet D, Guillou G, Hatch S, Huffeldt PN, Kitaysky AS, Kolbeinsson Y, Krasnov Y, Langset M, Leclaire S, Linnebjerg JF, Lorentzen E, Mallory ML, Merkel FR, Montevecchi W, Mosbech A, Patterson A, Perret S, Provencher JF, Reiertsen TK, Renner H, Strom H, Takahashi A, Thiebot JB, Thorarinsson TL, Will A, Bustamante P, Fort J (2023) Spatial distribution of selenium-mercury in Arctic seabirds. Environmental Pollution 343:123110

Merkel FR, Lage Labansen A, Feldskou Autzen T, Simon M, Hermannsen L (2023) Quantifying marine traffic intensity in Northwest Greenland and the potential disturbance of two seabird colonies. Mar Pollut Bull 194:115298

Post S, Merkel F, Bak-Jensen Z, Koch C, Hedeholm RB (2023) Bycatch mitigation in the West Greenland lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) fishery using modified gillnets. R Soc Open Sci 10:221536

Chastel O, Fort J, Ackerman JT, Albert C, Angelier.....Yannic G (2022) Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds. Sci Total Environ 844:156944

Merkel FR, Labansen A, Frederiksen M, Huffeldt NP, Linnebjerg JF, Johansen K, Boertmann D, Mosbech A, Ugarte F (2022) Varierende succes med genetablering af trængte havfuglebestande i Grønland. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 116:38-40

Merkel FR, Post S, Frederiksen M, Bak-Jensen Z, Nielsen J, Hedeholm RB (2022) Bycatch in the West Greenland lumpfish fishery, with particular focus on the common eider population. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 702:123-137

Patterson A, Gilchrist H, Benjaminsen S, Bolton M, Bonnet-Lebrun A, Davoren G, Descamps S, Erikstad K, Frederiksen M, Gaston A, Gulka J, Hentati-Sundberg J, Huffeldt N, Johansen K, Labansen A, Linnebjerg J, Love O, Mallory M, Merkel F, Elliott K (2022) Foraging range scales with colony size in high-latitude seabirds. Curr Biol 32:3800-3807

Labansen AL, Merkel F, Mosbech A (2021) Reactions of a colonial seabird species to controlled gunshot disturbance experiments. Wildlife Biology 1: 1-13, wlb.00752

Boertmann D, Merkel FR, Gilg O (2020). Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline. Arctic 73: 20-39.

Hansen V, Mosbech A, Sogaard-Hansen J, Rigét FF, Merkel FR, Linnebjerg JF, Schulz R, Zubrod JP, Eulaers I, Asmund G (2020). G (2020). (210) Po and (210) Pb activity concentrations in Greenlandic seabirds and dose assessment. Science of the Total Environment 712: 136548.

Huffeldt NP, Merkel FR, Jenni-Eiermann S, Goymann W, Helm B (2020). Melatonin and corticosterone profiles under polar day in a seabird with sexually opposite activity-rhythms. General and Comparative Endocrinology 285: 113296.

Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Anker-Nilssen T, Crawford R, Bond A, Sigurðsson GM, Glemarec G, Hansen ES, Kadin M, Kindt-Larsen L, Mallory M, Merkel FR, Petersen A, Provencher J, Bærum KM (2019). What’s the catch with lumpsuckers? A North Atlantic study of seabird bycatch in lumpsucker gillnet fisheries. Biological Conservation 240: 108278.

Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Anker-Nilssen T, Crawford R, Bond A, Sigurðsson GM, Glemarec G, Hansen ES, Kadin M, Kindt-Larsen L, Mallory M, Merkel FR, Petersen A, Provencher J, Bærum KM (2019). What’s the catch with lumpsuckers? A North Atlantic study of seabird bycatch in lumpsucker gillnet fisheries. Biological Conservation 240: 108278. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108278

Frederiksen M, Linnebjerg JF, Merkel FR, Wilhelm SI, Robertson GJ (2019). Quantifying the relative impact of hunting and oiling on Brunnich's guillemots in the North-west Atlantic. Polar Research 38

Frederiksen M, Linnebjerg JF, Merkel FR, Wilhelm SI, Robertson GJ (2019). Quantifying the relative impact of hunting and oiling on Brunnich's guillemots in the North-west Atlantic. Polar Research 38: doi: ARTN 3378 10.33265/polar.v38.3378.

Huffeldt NP, Merkel FR, Jenni-Eiermann S, Goymann W, Helm B (2020). Melatonin and corticosterone profiles under polar day in a seabird with sexually opposite activity-rhythms. General and Comparative Endocrinology 285: 113296.

Merkel FR, Johansen KL, Nielsen RD, Petersen IK, Sterup J, Mosbech A (2019). Wintering seabirds in south-west Greenland, 2017. Polar Research 38: 3462.

Vestbo S, Hindberg C, Forbes MR, Mallory ML, Merkel F, Steenweg RJ, Funch P, Gilchrist HG, Robertson GJ, Provencher JF (2019). Helminths in common eiders (Somateria mollissima): Sex, age, and migration have differential effects on parasite loads. International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife 9: 184-194

Anderson CM, Iverson SA, Black A, Mallory ML, Hedd A, Merkel F, Provencher JF (2018). Modelling demographic impacts of a growing Arctic fishery on a seabird population in Canada and Greenland. Marine Environmental Research 142: 80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.09.021.

Mallory M, Gilchrist HG, Janssen M, Major HL, Merkel FR, Provencher JF, Strøm H (2018). Financial costs of conducting science in the Arctic: examples from seabird research. Arctic Science 4: 624-633. doi: 10.1139/as-2017-0019.

Rigét F, Mosbech A, Boertmann D, Wegeberg S, Merkel F, Aastrup P, Christensen T, Ugarte F, Hedeholm R, Fritt-Rasmussen J (2018) The Seas Around Greenland: An Environmental Status and Future Perspective

Descamps S, Anker-Nilssen T, Barrett RT, Irons DB, Merkel F, Robertson GJ, Yoccoz NG, Mallory ML, Montevecchi WA, Boertmann D, Artukhin Y, Christensen-Dalsgaard S, Erikstad KE, Gilchrist HG, Labansen AL, Lorentsen SH, Mosbech A, Olsen B, Petersen A, Rail JF, Renner HM, Strom H, Systad GH, Wilhelm SI, Zelenskaya L (2017) Circumpolar dynamics of a marine top-predator track ocean warming rates. Global Change Biology 23:3770-3780.

Elliott KH, Linnebjerg JF, Burke C, Gaston AJ, Mosbech A, Frederiksen M, Merkel F (2017). Variation in Growth Drives the Duration of Parental Care: A Test of Ydenberg's Model. Am Nat 189:526-538.

Steenweg RJ, Crossin GT, Kyser TK, Merkel FR, Gilchrist HG, Hennin HL, Robertson GJ, Provencher JF, Mills Flemming J, Love OP (2017). Stable isotopes can be used to infer the overwintering locations of prebreeding marine birds in the Canadian Arctic. Ecology and Evolution 7:8742-8752

Frederiksen M, Descamps S, Erikstad KE, Gaston AJ, Gilchrist HG, Grémillet D, Johansen KL, Kolbeinsson Y, Linnebjerg JF, Mallory ML, McFarlane Tranquilla LA, Merkel FR, Montevecchi WA, Mosbech A, Reiertsen TK, Robertson GJ, Steen H, Strøm H, Thórarinsson TL (2016) Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thickbilled murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications. Biological Conservation 200:26-35

Hartby CM, Krog JS, Merkel F, Holm E, Larsen LE, Hjulsager CK (2016) First Characterization of Avian Influenza Viruses from Greenland 2014. Avian Diseases 60(1 Suppl):302-310. Tilgængelig fra: 10.1637/11119-050515-RegR

Huffeldt NP, Merkel FR (2016) Sex-specific, inverted rhythms of breeding-site attendance in an Arctic seabird. Biology Letters 12:1-5.

Merkel FR, Johansen KL, Kristensen AJ (2016) Use of time-lapse photography and digital image analysis to estimate breeding success of a cliffnesting seabird. Journal of Field Ornithology 87(1):84-95.

Merkel F, Boertmann D, Falk K, Frederiksen M, Johansen K, Labansen AL, Linnebjerg JF, Mosbech A, Sonne C (2015) Why is the last Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia colony in central West Greenland heading for extinction? Bird Conservation International.

Linnebjerg JF, Huffeldt NP, Falk K, Merkel FR, Mosbech A, Frederiksen M (2014) Inferring seabird activity budgets from leg-mounted time-depth recorders. Journal of Ornithology 155: 301-306

Merkel F, Labansen A, Boertmann D, Mosbech A, Egevang C, Falk K, Linnebjerg JF, Frederiksen M, Kampp K (2014) Declining trends in the majority of Greenland’s thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) colonies 1981-2011. Polar Biology

Provencher JF, Bond AL, Hedd A, Montevecchi WA, Bin Muzaffar S, Courchesne SJ, Gilchrist HG, Jamieson SE, Merkel FR, Falk K, Durinck J, Mallo-ry ML (2014) Prevalence of marine debris in marine birds from the North Atlantic. Marine Pollu-tion Bulletin 84: 411-417

Hüffeldt NP, Merkel FR (2013) Remote time-lapse photography as a monitoring tool for colonial breeding seabirds: A case study using thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Waterbirds 36: 330-341

Blicher ME, Rasmussen LM, Sejr M, Merkel FR, Rysgaard S (2011). Abundance and energy requirements of eiders (Somateria spp.) suggest high predation pressure on macrobenthic fauna in a key wintering habitat in SW Greenland. Polar Biology 34: 1105–1116

Blicher ME, Rasmussen LM, Sejr MK, Merkel FR, Rysgaard S (2011). Abundance and energy requirements of eiders (Somateria spp.) suggest high predation pressure on macrobenthic fauna in a key wintering habitat in SW Greenland. Polar Biol. dx.

Merkel FM, Johansen KL (2011) Light-induced bird strikes on vessels in Southwest Greenland. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62 (2011) 2330–2336

Sonne C, Andersen S, Mosbech A, Flagstad A, Merkel FR (2011). Monitoring temperature and heart rate during surgical field implantation of PTT-100 satellite transmitters in Greenland sea birds. Veterinary Medicine International 2011:

Labansen AL, Merkel F, Boertmann J & Nyeland J (2010) Status of the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding population in Greenland, 2008, Polar Research, 29:3, 391-403

Merkel FR (2010) Evidence of recent population recovery in common eiders breeding in western Greenland. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 1869-1874

Merkel, F., Jamieson, S.E., Falk, K. & Mosbech, A. 2007: The diet of Common Eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland. - Polar Biology 30(2): 227-234.

Merkel, F., Mosbech, A., Jamieson, S.E. & Falk & K. 2007: The diet of king eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland, with reference to sympatric wintering common eiders. - Polar Biology 30(12): 1593-1597.

Boertmann, D., Mosbech, A. and Merkel, F. R. 2006. The importance of Southwest Greenland for wintering seabirds. British Birds 99: 282-298.

Falk, K., Merkel, F. R., Kampp, K. and Jamieson, S. E. 2006. Embedded lead shot and infliction rates in Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) and King Eiders (S. spectabilis) wintering in Southwest Greenland. Wildlife Biology 12: 257-265.

Jamieson, S. E., Gilchrist, H. G., Merkel, F. R., Falk, K. and Diamond, A. W. 2006. An evaluation of methods used to estimate carcass composition of common eiders. Wildlife Biology 12: 219-226.

Merkel, F. R., Falk, K. and Jamieson, S. E. 2006. Effect of embedded lead shot on body condition of Common Eiders. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(6): 1644-1649.

Merkel, F. R., Mosbech, A., Sonne, C. and Flagstad, A. 2006. Local movements, home ranges and body condition of Common Eiders Somateria mollissima wintering in Southwest Greenland. Ardea 94(3): 639-650.

Mosbech, A., Danø, R.S., Merkel, F., Sonne, C., Gilchrist, G. and Flagstad, A. 2006. Use of satellite telemetry to locate key habitats for King Eiders Somateria spectabilis in West Greenland. Waterbirds around the world. Eds. G.C. Boere, C.A. Galbraith and D.A. Stroud. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh, UK. pp. 769-776.

Mosbech, A., Gilchrist, H. G, Merkel, F. R., Sonne, C., and Flagstad, A. 2006. Yearround movements of Northerns Common Eiders Somateria mollissima borealis breeding in Arctic Canada and West Greenland followed by satellite telemetry. Ardea 94 (3): 651-665.

Jamieson, S. E., H.G. Gilchrist,F.R. Merkel, A.W.Diamond & K. Falk, 2005. Endogenous reserve dynamics of northern Common Eiders wintering in the Greenland. Polar Biology.

Mehl, K.R., R.T. Alisauskas, K.A. Hobson & F.R.Merkel, 2005. Linking breeding and wintering grounds of King Eiders:Making use of polar isotopic gradients. J.Wildl.Manage, 69(3):1297-1304.

Boertmann,D., P. Lyngs, F. R.Merkel & A. Mosbech, 2004. The significance of SW Greenland as winter quarters for seabirds. Bird Conservation International 14:87-112.

Merkel, F. R., 2004. Impact of hunting and gillnet fishery on wintering eiders in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland.Waterbirds 27(4):469-479.

Merkel, F.R., 2004. Evidence of population decline in common eiders breeding in Western Greenland. Arctic 57(1):27-36.

Merkel, F.R., A. Mosbech, D.M. Boertmann & L. Grøndahl, 2002. Winter seabird distribution and abundance off southwest Greenland, 1999. Polar Research: 21(1): 16-36.

Nr. 16 - 1998 - Grønlandske fugle, havpattedyr og landpattedyr - en status over vigtige ressorucer

Nr. 24 - 1999 - Flytællinger af fugle og Havpattedyr 1998

Nr. 25 - 1999 - Polarlomvien i Disko Bugt og det sydlige Upernavik 1998

Nr. 32 - 2000 - Monitering af lomviekolonierne i Sydgrønland 1999

Nr. 34 - 2000 - The scientific basis for managing the sustainable harvest of caribou and muskoxen in Greenland for the 21. Century

Nr. 43 - 2002 - Edderfugleoptællinger i Ilulissat, Uummannaq og Upernavik Kommuner

Nr. 44 - 2002 - Langsigtet overvågningsprogram for edderfuglen i Ilulissat, Uummannaq og Upernavik Kommuner

Nr. 69 - Monitering af lomvier og rider i Qaanaaq Kommune, 2006

Nr. 73 - Bestandsstatus for edderfuglen i Ilulissat, Uummannaq og Upernavik kommuner 2001-2007

Nr. 81 - Seabirds and marine mammals in South and Southeast Greenland 2008

Nr. 84 - Light-induced bird strikes on vessels in Southwest Greenland

Nr. 85 - Gillnet bycatch of seabirds in Southwest Greenland 2003 - 2008

Nr. 90 - Monitering af lomvier og rider i det nordlige Upernavik 2008

AMAP (2018). Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway. Xvi + 354pp.

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Merkel F, Stern H, Garde E, Hansen RG (2018). The sea ice recedes – but the walrus just stay. NAMMCO SC/25/14-WWG/05.

Merkel FR, Labansen AL, Mosbech A (2011) Implementation of the International Murre Conservation Strategy, Greenland 2003-2011. CAFF CBIRD Meeting September 26. – 29. Helsinki, Finland

Merkel, F.R. & A. Mosbech, 2005. Greenlandic Implementation of the CAFF Circumpolar Eider Conservation Strategy and Action Plan: Implementation progress: 2004. A status document presented at the XI meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group, 2.-5. marts, Aberdeen, Skotland.

Merkel, F.R. & T. Hjarsen, 2002. Greenlandic Implementation of the CAFF International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan: Implementation progress: 2000 - 2001. A status document presented at the VIII meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group in January 2002, in Alaska.

Merkel, F.R. & T. Hjarsen, 2001. Greenlandic Implementation of the CAFF Circumpolar Eider Conservation Strategy and Action Plan: Implementation progress: 2000 – 2001. A status document that will presented at the VIII meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group in January 2002, in Alaska.

Merkel, F.R. & T. Hjarsen, 2001. Greenlandic Implementation of the CAFF International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan:Implementation progress: 2000 – 2001. A status document that will presented at the VIII meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group in January 2002, in Alaska.

Merkel, F.R. & T. Hjarsen, 2000. Greenlandic Implementation of the CAFF International Murre Conservation Strategy and Action Plan: Implementation progress: 1999 – 2000. A status document presented at the VII meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group in October 2000, in Helsinki, Finland.

Merkel, F.R., 2000. Seabird Projects in Greenland - 2000. A document to be published in the Circumpolar Seabird Working Group Bulletin - presented at the VII meeting of the CAFF Circumpolar Seabird Working Group in October 2000, in Helsinki, Finland.

Merkel, F.R., Gilchrist, G., Gilliland, S. & Savard, J.P. 1999. Management and conservation of marine bird populations shared by Greenland and Canada. Results from a strategic planning meeting, Nuuk, April 1999. 19 pp.