The Designated Shipping Avoidance Area Around St. Lawrence Island, Northern Bering Sea, Is not Sufficient to Protect Foraging Habitat of the Island’s Breeding Seabird Community

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste, Will, Alexis P., Tsukamoto, Shota, Kitaysky, Alexander S., Takahashi, Akinori
• Other Authors: North Pacific Research Board, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Ocean Engineering; Water Science and Technology; Aquatic Science; Global and Planetary Change; Oceanography; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Black-legged Kittiwake; Common Murre; rissa tridactyla; St Lawrence Island; thick-billed murre; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.875541; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.875541/full

One direct consequence of Arctic warming is the expansion of navigable portions of the Arctic Ocean. As a result, vessel traffic and the accompanying threats of spills, strikes and disturbance is intensifying throughout the Arctic. In the Bering Sea, these threats to the environment, wildlife and to...