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Anders Mosbech

Anders Mosbech

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
3734
World Ranking
6981
National Ranking
99

Overview

Anders Mosbech is affiliated with Aarhus University in Denmark and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography.

The research topics frequently addressed by Mosbech include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Mosbech has contributed to several papers recently, including:

  • "Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic" (2021, Conservation Letters)
  • "Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds" (2021, Current Biology)
  • "Seasonal variation of mercury contamination in Arctic seabirds: A pan-Arctic assessment" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Flemming Ravn Merkel, Jannie Fries Linnebjerg, Maria Gavrilo, Kasper Lambert Johansen, and Morten Frederiksen.

Mosbech's publications appear in a range of venues, with multiple papers published in The Science of The Total Environment. Other frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Current Biology, Marine Pollution Bulletin, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) at La Trobe University.

Best Publications

  • Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish

    Rune Dietz;Robert J. Letcher;Jean Pierre Desforges;Igor Eulaers

  • Fluctuations in circumpolar seabird populations linked to climate oscillations

    David B. Irons;Tycho Anker-Nilssen;Anthony J. Gaston;G. Vernon Byrd

  • Year-round movements of Northern Common Eiders Somateria mollissima borealis breeding in Arctic Canada and West Greenland followed by satellite telemetry

    Anders Mosbech;Grant Gilchrist;Flemming Merkel;Christian Sonne

  • Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds.

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  • Narwhals and seismic exploration: Is seismic noise increasing the risk of ice entrapments?

    Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen;Rikke Guldborg Hansen;Kristin Westdal;Randall R. Reeves

  • Migration and wintering of a declining seabird, the thick-billed murre Uria lomvia, on an ocean basin scale: Conservation implications

    Morten Frederiksen;Sébastien Descamps;Kjell Einar Erikstad;Anthony J. Gaston

  • Sympatric breeding auks shift between dietary and spatial resource partitioning across the annual cycle.

    Jannie Fries Linnebjerg;Jérôme Fort;Tim Guilford;Anna Reuleaux

  • Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

    Tammy E. Davies;Ana P.B. Carneiro;Marguerite Tarzia;Ewan Wakefield

  • Seabird numbers and prey consumption in the North Atlantic

    Robert T. Barrett;Gilles Chapdelaine;Tycho Anker-Nilssen;Anders Mosbech

  • Small birds, big effects: the little auk (Alle alle) transforms high Arctic ecosystems.

    Ivan González-Bergonzoni;Kasper L. Johansen;Anders Mosbech;Frank Landkildehus

  • Evaluating the sustainability of harvest among northern common eiders Somateria mollissima borealis in Greenland and Canada

    Scott G. Gilliland;H. Grant Gilchrist;Robert F. Rockwell;Gregory J. Robertson

  • LACK OF SPATIAL GENETIC STRUCTURE AMONG NESTING AND WINTERING KING EIDERS

    John M. Pearce;Sandra L. Talbot;Barbara J. Pierson;Margaret R. Petersen

  • Multicolony tracking reveals potential threats to little auks wintering in the North Atlantic from marine pollution and shrinking sea ice cover

    Jérôme Fort;Børge Moe;Hallvard Strøm;David Grémillet;David Grémillet

  • Winter seabird distribution and abundance off south-western Greenland, 1999

    Flemming Ravn Merkel;Anders Mosbech;David Boertmann;Louise Grøndahl

  • Estimating colony area and population size of little auks ( Alle alle ) at Northumberland Island using aerial images

    Carsten Egevang;David Boertmann;Anders Mosbech;Mikkel P. Tamstorf

  • Biodegradation of marine oil spills in the Arctic with a Greenland perspective.

    Leendert Vergeynst;Susse Wegeberg;Jens Aamand;Pia Lassen

  • Vulnerability of the North Water ecosystem to climate change.

    Sofia Ribeiro;Audrey Limoges;Audrey Limoges;Guillaume Massé;Guillaume Massé;Kasper L. Johansen

  • The diet of common eiders wintering in Nuuk, Southwest Greenland

    Flemming R. Merkel;Sarah E. Jamieson;Knud Falk;Anders Mosbech

  • The significance of Southwest Greenland as winter quarters for seabirds

    David Boertmann;Peter Lyngs;Flemming Ravn Merkel;Anders Mosbech

  • Potential for cumulative effects of human stressors on fish, sea birds and marine mammals in Arctic waters

    Jesper H. Andersen;Fabio Berzaghi;Tom Christensen;Ole Geertz-Hansen

  • North Atlantic winter cyclones starve seabirds

    Manon Clairbaux;Paul Mathewson;Warren Porter;Jérôme Fort

  • Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic

    David J. Yurkowski;Marie Auger-Méthé;Mark L. Mallory;Sarah N. P. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute
Christian Sonne
Christian Sonne Aarhus University
Morten Frederiksen
Morten Frederiksen Aarhus University
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jérôme Fort
Jérôme Fort Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Frank F. Rigét
Frank F. Rigét Aarhus University
William A. Montevecchi
William A. Montevecchi Memorial University of Newfoundland
Erik Jeppesen
Erik Jeppesen Aarhus University
Rune Dietz
Rune Dietz Aarhus University

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