Low Density of Top Predators (Seabirds and Marine Mammals) in the High Arctic Pack Ice

• Published in: Scientifica
• Main Authors: Joiris, Claude R., Boos, Karin, D'Hert, Diederik, Nachtsheim, Dominik A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
• Subjects: Research Article; Arctic; Fulmar; Norway; Tromsø; Alle alle; Balaenoptera physalus; Fin whale; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Fulmarus glacialis; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; little auk; Lomonosov Ridge; Northern Norway; rissa tridactyla; Ursus maritimus; White-beaked dolphin; Siberia
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5061955/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27777810; https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/1982534

The at-sea distribution of top predators, seabirds and marine mammals, was determined in the high Arctic pack ice on board the icebreaker RV Polarstern in July to September 2014. In total, 1,620 transect counts were realised, lasting 30 min each. The five most numerous seabird species represented 74...