Fuzzy cognitive mapping as a tool to assess the relative cumulative effects of environmental stressors on an Arctic seabird population to identify conservation action and research priorities

• Published in: Ecological Solutions and Evidence
• Main Authors: Rebecca C. Rooney, Jody Daniel, Mark Mallory, April Hedd, Jess Ives, Grant Gilchrist, Carina Gjerdrum, Greg Robertson, Rob Ronconi, Kirsten Wilcox, Sarah Wong, Jennifer Provencher
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; best professional judgement; expert opinion; fuzzy cognitive mapping; seabirds; wildlife management; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Canada; Fulmar; Nunavut; Climate change; Fulmarus glacialis; North Atlantic; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12241; https://doaj.org/article/c66109f2eab340519e7af8b24ba3eff2

Abstract In the Arctic, chemical contaminants, shipping, oil pollution, plastic pollution, changing habitats in relation to climate change and fisheries have been identified as environmental stressors to seabirds such as Fulmarus glacialis (northern fulmar; qaqulluk; ᖃᖁᓪᓗᖅ), but rarely have these st...