Wintering seabirds in south-west Greenland, 2017

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Flemming Ravn Merkel, Kasper Lambert Johansen, Rasmus Due Nielsen, Ib Krag Petersen, Jacob Sterup, Anders Mosbech
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2019
• Subjects: international seabird wintering area; winter population status; distribution and abundance; seaducks; common eider; king eider; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Oceanography; GC1-1581; Aasiaat; Greenland; Kangaatsiaq; Kap; Nuuk; Black-legged Kittiwake; Common Eider; Iceland; Kap Farvel; King Eider; Larus hyperboreus; North Atlantic; Polar Research; rissa tridactyla; Somateria mollissima; Somateria spectabilis; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3462; https://doaj.org/article/fdb8606b4d7545d5a528234b7a9327c6

The South-west Greenland Open Water Area is an internationally important wintering area for seabirds in the North Atlantic. Nearly two decades after the area was last surveyed, we conducted a replicate aerial survey in March 2017 to update information on the distribution and abundance of seabirds. W...