Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Edwards, Ewan W.J., Quinn, Lucy R., Wakefield, Ewan D., Miller, Peter I., Thompson, Paul M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Fulmar; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/103806/; https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/103806/1/103806.pdf

The seas above mid-ocean ridges are biodiversity hotspots in an otherwise largely oligotrophic environment, but the nature and extent of linkage between these offshore regimes and coastal ecosystems remains uncertain. Using a combination of GPS and geolocation tracking data, we show that a male fulm...