Census of seabird colonies on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, and in neighbouring localities in 1978 and 1979

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Jepsen, Palle Uhd, Mobæk, Are
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2010
• Subjects: Nordaustlandet; Svalbard; Norsk Polarinstitutt; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2558; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i2.6984

Seabird colonies were censused during the summer expedition of Norsk Polarinstitutt to Nordaustlandet. Svalbard, in 1978 and 1979, and to Kongs~yain 1979. An outline is givcn of thc distribution of the ,pecir, together with an estimate of the number of breeding pairs in the colonies. Twenty-five colonies were ccnsused; seven were visited both years. Four colonies with more than 1,000 breeding pairs of the most abundant species, Brunnich‘s guillemot and kittiwake, were found on Nordaustlandet.