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movement ecology, spatial ecology, marine ecosystems, polar ecosystems, biostatistics, numerical modelling

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Norwegian Polar Institute: Tromsø, NO

2024-01-15 to present
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Benjamin Merkel

Akvaplan-niva: Tromsø, NO

2022-01-01 to 2024-01-14 | researcher
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Benjamin Merkel

Works (11)

Seabirds reveal mercury distribution across the North Atlantic

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2024-05-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Céline Albert; Børge Moe; Hallvard Strøm; David Grémillet; Maud Brault-Favrou; Arnaud Tarroux; Sébastien Descamps; Vegard Sandøy Bråthen; Benjamin Merkel; Jens Åström et al.
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Post‐colony swimming migration in the genus Uria

Journal of Avian Biology
2024-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Hallvard Strøm
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Quantifying circumpolar summer habitat for Antarctic krill and Ice krill, two key species of the Antarctic marine ecosystem

ICES Journal of Marine Science
2023-08-11 | Journal article
Contributors: B Merkel; P Trathan; S Thorpe; E J Murphy; H Pehlke; K Teschke; G P Griffith; David Fields
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Light-level geolocation as a tool to monitor polar bear (Ursus maritimus) denning ecology: a case study

Animal Biotelemetry
2023-03-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Jon Aars; Kristin L. Laidre; James W. Fox
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Telemetry data of red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) migrations in a north Norwegian fjord

Data in Brief
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Magnus Aune; Jenny L.A. Jensen; Guttorm N. Christensen; Kåre Tormod Nilsen; Benjamin Merkel; Paul E. Renaud
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Shifting polar bear Ursus maritimus denning habitat availability in the European Arctic

Polar Biology
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Jon Aars
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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
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Akinori Takahashi; Jean-Baptiste Thiebot; Alexis Will; Shota Tsukamoto; Benjamin Merkel; Alexander Kitaysky
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Individual migration strategy fidelity but no habitat specialization in two congeneric seabirds

Journal of Biogeography
2021-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Sébastien Descamps; Nigel G. Yoccoz; David Grémillet; Francis Daunt; Kjell E. Erikstad; Aleksey V. Ezhov; Mike P. Harris; Maria Gavrilo; Svein‐Håkon Lorentsen et al.
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Light‐level geolocator analyses: A user's guide

Journal of Animal Ecology
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Simeon Lisovski; Silke Bauer; Martins Briedis; Sarah C. Davidson; Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams; Michael T. Hallworth; Julia Karagicheva; Christoph M. Meier; Benjamin Merkel; Janne Ouwehand et al.
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Earlier colony arrival but no trend in hatching timing in two congeneric seabirds (Uriaspp.) across the North Atlantic

Biology Letters
2019-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Sébastien Descamps; Nigel G. Yoccoz; Jóhannis Danielsen; Francis Daunt; Kjell E. Erikstad; Aleksey V. Ezhov; David Grémillet; Maria Gavrilo; Svein-Håkon Lorentsen et al.
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A probabilistic algorithm to process geolocation data

Movement Ecology
2016-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin Merkel; Richard A. Phillips; Sébastien Descamps; Nigel G. Yoccoz; Børge Moe; Hallvard Strøm
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