Colonies of Northern Fulmars and Black-legged Kittiwakes Associated with the Northeast Water Polynya, Northeast Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Falk, Knud, Møller, Søren
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal population; Bird nesting; Fulmars; Glaucous Gulls; Kittiwakes; Polynyas; Greenland Sea; Nordostrundingen; Greenland; Northeast Water Polynya; Arctic; Fulmar; Arctique*; Black-legged Kittiwake; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; Groenland; Larus hyperboreus; Mouette tridactyle; Northern Fulmar; rissa tridactyla
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64296

The first census of cliff-nesting seabirds dependent on the resources of the Northeast Water polynya was carried out in 1993. We made direct counts in six known colonies of the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) and used a combination of direct and photo counts in one colony of black-legged kittiw...