Observations of marine birds and mammals wintering at polynyas and ice edges
driven expanses of water along landfast ice edges and 2) recurring polynyas located between small islands (most < 10 ha and < 15 m deep). In severe winters, only polynyas persist. In March 1998 and 1999, we recorded the species and numbers of birds and marine mammals present at ten polynyas an...
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2000
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.560.2670 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic53-1-61.pdf |