Wintering seabirds in south-west Greenland, 2017

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Merkel, Flemming Ravn, Lambert Johansen, Kasper, Due Nielsen, Rasmus, Petersen, Ib Krag, Sterup, Jacob, Mosbech, Anders
• 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; 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://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3462; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3462

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...