Very low biodiversity of top predators—seabirds and marine mammals—in the high Arctic Ocean

• Main Author: Joiris, Claude R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2019
• Subjects: Fauna; Oceans; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fulmar; The Ark; Advances in Polar Science; Beluga*; Black guillemot; Cepphus grylle; Delphinapterus leucas; Fulmarus glacialis; ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea; Phoca groenlandica; Polar Science; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; rissa tridactyla; Uria lomvia; Ursus maritimus; uria
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2704/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2704/1/A1904004.pdf

During the ARK-XXIII/3 expedition of icebreaking RV Polarstern in the high Arctic Ocean (partim north of 73°N) from 25 August to 10 October 2008, 550 transect counts lasting 30 min were devoted to seabird and marine mammal counts from the bridge. In the whole area, the three most numerous species, k...