Contrasting assemblages of seabirds in the subglacial meltwater plume and oceanic water of Bowdoin Fjord, northwestern Greenland

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Nishizawa, Bungo, Kanna, Naoya, Abe, Yoshiyuki, Ohashi, Yoshihiko, Sakakibara, Daiki, Asaji, Izumi, Sugiyama, Shin, Yamaguchi, Atsushi, Watanuki, Yutaka
• Other Authors: Votier, Stephen, MEXT, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Bowdoin; Bowdoin Fjord; Fulmar; Greenland; Alle alle; Black guillemot; Black-legged Kittiwake; Calanus hyperboreus; Cepphus grylle; Fulmarus glacialis; glacier; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; little auk; Northern Fulmar; rissa tridactyla; thick-billed murre; Tidewater; Uria lomvia; Copepods; uria
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz213; http://academic.oup.com/icesjms/article-pdf/77/2/711/32881925/fsz213.pdf

Abstract In Greenland, tidewater glaciers discharge turbid subglacial freshwater into fjords, forming plumes near the calving fronts, and these areas serve as an important foraging habitat for seabirds. To investigate the effect of subglacial discharge on the foraging assemblages of surface feeders...