Status, Trends and Attendance Patterns of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in Nunavut, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gaston, Anthony J., Mallory, Mark L., Gilchrist, H. Grant, O'Donovan, Kieran
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: northern fulmar; Fulmarus glacialis; Arctic; population status; population trend; colony attendance; fulmar boréal; Arctique; état de la population; mouvement de population; fréquentation des colonies; Canada; Cape Searle; Cape Vera; Devon Island; Fulmar; Leopold Island; Nunavut; Prince Leopold Island; Searle; Arctic Population; Arctique*; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63401

Nunavut supports ten breeding colonies of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), most of which have rarely been visited on the ground by biologists. During 2000–04, we surveyed six colonies previously thought to support more than 80% of the Canadian Arctic population, which was believed to number ab...