auk·let
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Definition of auklet
: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts
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Plankton-eating auklets, for instance, increased in the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018, but declined in the Chukchi Sea.
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Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, "Abnormally Warm Years Caused a Sea Change in Coastal Alaska Ecosystems," 26 Feb. 2020
During a monthlong visit last summer, biologist Alexis Will observed auklets diving into the water in search of copepods.
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Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, "Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish?," 10 Nov. 2019
One result was the lack of juvenile anchovies and rockfish, which murres and rhinoceros auklets use to feed their chicks.
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Will Houston, The Mercury News, "Poor Farallon Islands bird breeding season prompts alarm," 2 Sep. 2019
Cassin’s auklets, which normally have about 75% breeding success had a rate of less than 10% this year.
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Will Houston, The Mercury News, "Poor Farallon Islands bird breeding season prompts alarm," 2 Sep. 2019
Here, the northern fur seals number more than half a million strong, and avian species include horned and tufted puffins, red-legged kittiwakes, and crested auklets.
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National Geographic, "Fun Facts About the Bering and Chukchi Seas," 26 Mar. 2019
More than 30 dead seabirds -- murres, auklets and puffins -- have been found near the village in recent weeks, said Ken Stenek, a high school science teacher from the village.
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Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, "Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Northwest Alaska," 19 June 2019
Forktail storm petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, kittiwakes, auklets and puffins also died.
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Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, "Pace of Bering Sea changes startles scientists," 16 Apr. 2019
Officials recorded deaths of forktail storm petrels, fulmars, shearwaters, kittiwakes, auklets and puffins.
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Dan Joling, The Seattle Times, "Alaska seabird deaths continue trend tied to warming ocean," 11 Aug. 2018
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