Marine birds and mammals foraging in the rapidly deglaciating Arctic fjord - numbers, distribution and habitat preferences

• Main Authors: Lech Stempniewicz, Michał Goc, Dorota Kidawa, Jacek Urbański, Magdalena Hadwiczak, Adrian Zwolicki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Bear Glacier; Glacier Bay; Hornsund; Svalbard; Climate change; Common Eider; glacier; Sea ice; Tidewater; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10584-016-1853-4

Abstract Climate-induced glacier retreat is considered in the context of its reducing the sea-ice contact zone used by marine birds and mammals as important foraging grounds and may cause declines in their numbers. To test this hypothesis, a survey was conducted in diversified habitats of a rapidly...