Juvenile Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla with deformed bills and clubfeet in the Barents Sea

• Main Author: Kylin, Henrik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden 2005
• Subjects: Black-legged kittiwake; Rissa tridactyla; environmental pollution; Arctic; bill deformation; foot deformation; Tretåig mås; miljögifter; missbildningar; Zoology; Zoologi; Ecology; Ekologi; Environmental Sciences; Miljövetenskap; Arctic Ocean; Svalbard; Barents Sea; Franz Josef Land; Kring; Barents hav; Black-legged Kittiwake; Novaya Zemlya; rissa tridactyla; tretåig mås
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-102255

Juvenile Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla with deformed bills and feet were observed in the Barents Sea in 1996, first while passing between Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya on 21–24 July (at least 10 birds) and then off the West Coast of Svalbard 20–21 September (at least 2 birds). Deform...