Seabird Colonies in Western Greenland:(60o - 79o 30' N. lat.)

• Main Authors: Boertmann, D., Mosbech, A., Falk, K., Kampp, K.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: National Environmental Research Institute 1996
• Subjects: colonial seabirds; distribution; population size; population trends; conservation; Greenland; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Fulmar; Neri; Arctic tern; Atlantic puffin; Avanersuaq; Baffin; Black guillemot; brünnich's guillemot; Common Eider; Iceland; Lesser black-backed gull; little auk; North Atlantic; Northern Fulmar; Razorbill; Upernavik
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/seabird-colonies-in-western-greenland(4565f290-7e9c-11dd-a5a8-000ea68e967b).html; http://www2.dmu.dk/1_viden/2_Publikationer/3_fagrapporter/rapporter/FR170.pdf

About 1 million seabirds (indvs) breed in 1032 colonies distributed along the coasts of western Greenland (Fig. 1). However, this figure does not include the little auk colonies in Avanersuaq. These colonies are roughly estimated to hold about 20 mill. pairs. All the basic information on seabird col...