Nest-site attendance and foraging ecology of the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) on the Faroe Islands. Is the Northern Fulmar a useful indicator of ecosystem productivity and pollution?

• Main Author: Danielsen, Johannis
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Department of Biology, Lund University 2011
• Subjects: Ecology; Nest-site attendance; foraging ecology; indicator species; Fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis; nocturnal activity; ecosystem productivity; pollution; mesopelagic fish; Faroe Islands; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2156532

The Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is one of the most abundant seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere and the most abundant seabird on the Faroe Islands. Except from a few sporadic observations up until the 1950´s no study has focused on this species on the Faroe Islands. Being considered a signi...