Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline
This paper presents the results of a number of aircraft- and boat-based surveys for seabird breeding colonies in East and North Greenland carried out in the period 2003 to 2018 and gives the first comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of the seabird breeding colonies in this remote and...
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crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic69885 2024-06-16T07:36:04+00:00 Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline Boertmann, David Merkel, Flemming Gilg, Olivier 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic69885 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/download/69885/53929 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 73, issue 1, page 20-39 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2020 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic69885 2024-05-21T12:53:25Z This paper presents the results of a number of aircraft- and boat-based surveys for seabird breeding colonies in East and North Greenland carried out in the period 2003 to 2018 and gives the first comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of the seabird breeding colonies in this remote and mainly uninhabited region. Seventeen seabird species breed in approximately 800 sites distributed very unevenly along the coasts, with high concentrations at the polynyas and long stretches with very few breeding seabirds. Climate changes are in full progress in East and North Greenland, especially affecting the sea ice regime, and seabirds are expected to respond to these changes in different ways. For example, since the 1980s, Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) have extended their breeding range more than two latitudinal degrees towards the north, now reaching the northernmost land on Earth. Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) have immigrated, and Sabine’s Gulls (Xema sabini) have increased and extended their range. Besides presenting survey results, this report may also serve as a baseline for future studies of the abundance of breeding seabirds in East and North Greenland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland North Greenland Sea ice Somateria mollissima Xema sabini Arctic Institute of North America Greenland ARCTIC 73 1 20 39 |
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This paper presents the results of a number of aircraft- and boat-based surveys for seabird breeding colonies in East and North Greenland carried out in the period 2003 to 2018 and gives the first comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of the seabird breeding colonies in this remote and mainly uninhabited region. Seventeen seabird species breed in approximately 800 sites distributed very unevenly along the coasts, with high concentrations at the polynyas and long stretches with very few breeding seabirds. Climate changes are in full progress in East and North Greenland, especially affecting the sea ice regime, and seabirds are expected to respond to these changes in different ways. For example, since the 1980s, Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) have extended their breeding range more than two latitudinal degrees towards the north, now reaching the northernmost land on Earth. Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) have immigrated, and Sabine’s Gulls (Xema sabini) have increased and extended their range. Besides presenting survey results, this report may also serve as a baseline for future studies of the abundance of breeding seabirds in East and North Greenland. |
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Boertmann, David Merkel, Flemming Gilg, Olivier Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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Seabird Breeding Colonies in East and North Greenland: A Baseline |
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seabird breeding colonies in east and north greenland: a baseline |
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