Hydrographic Features, Cetaceans and the Foraging of Thick-billed Murres and Other Marine Birds in the Northwestern Barents Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Mehlum, Fridtjof, Hunt, Jr., George L., Decker, Mary Beth, Nordlund, Nina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: marine birds; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; foraging ecology; cetaceans; Barents Sea; oiseaux marins; marmette de Brünnich; écologie de collecte; cétacés; mer de Barents; Arctic; Dauphins; Storfjordrenna; Svalbard; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Boreogadus saida; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Mer de Barents; polar cod; rissa tridactyla; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64122

The at-sea distribution of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia) in southeastern Svalbard waters was studied during the summers of 1992, 1993, and 1996. The Storfjordrenna region south of Svalbard was confirmed as an important foraging area for thick-billed murres; murre aggregations were located at dis...