Annual Movement Patterns of Endangered Ivory Gulls: The Importance of Sea Ice

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Spencer, Nora C., Gilchrist, H. Grant, Mallory, Mark L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2014
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Nunavut; Seymour; Seymour Island; Davis Strait; ivory gull; Labrador Sea; Pagophila eburnea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281149; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25551556; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115231

The ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) is an endangered seabird that spends its entire year in the Arctic environment. In the past three decades, threats from various sources have contributed to a >70% decline in Canada. To assess the annual habitat needs of this species, we attached satellite transm...