New data for Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) migration from White Sea (Onega Peninsula)

• Main Authors: Volkov, A.E, Loonen, Maarten J.J.E., Volkova, E.V., Denisov, D.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; East Antarctica; Greenland; Indian; Onega; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; White Sea; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic tern; Baffin; East Greenland; Iceland; North Atlantic; Sterna paradisaea; Alaska; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/1a776d6b-719b-4213-9d1d-66da2d1354ac; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/1a776d6b-719b-4213-9d1d-66da2d1354ac; https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/61919171/volkov_terns.pdf

The Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) has one of the longest migratory routes of any species. Based on ring recoveries during the 20th century, Arctic Terns migrate several thousand km. from their breeding area in the Arctic to their wintering area in the Antarctic. The exact migratory paths of Arctic...