FULMAR DISTRIBUTION: A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVE

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: Brown, R. G. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1970
• Subjects: Canada; Fulmar; Greenland; Fulmarus glacialis; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1970.tb00074.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1970.tb00074.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1970.tb00074.x

Summary The pelagic distribution of the Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis off eastern Canada has been used to test Fisher's (1952, 1966) hypothesis that Fulmar numbers are controlled by the availability of offal from the fishing industry. Fulmars are abundant on the fishing Banks off Newfoundland but n...