Population Trends of Gulls and Arctic Terns Nesting in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gilchrist, H. Grant, Robertson, Gregory J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: arctic tern; Sterna paradisaea; Belcher Islands; glaucous gull; Larus hyperboreus; herring gull; Larus argentatus; polynyas; population trends; sterne arctique; îles Belcher; goéland bourgmestre; goéland argenté; polynies; tendances dans les changements de population; Arctic; Belcher; Nunavut; Arctic tern; Arctique*; Glaucous Gull; Goéland bourgmestre; Sterne arctique
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63995

Little information exists on the population trends of gulls and terns nesting in the Arctic. In 1997, we surveyed the number of glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), herring gull (Larus argentatus), and arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) nests on the Belcher Islands (56°00'-57°30'N, 79°30'-...