Black Guillemots as indicators of change in the near-shore Arctic marine ecosystem

• Main Author: Harter, B. Britten
• Other Authors: Davoren, Gail (Biological Science), Sealy, Spencer (Biological Science) Walker, David (Geography)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Arctic Cod; Black Guillemot; seabird; wind speed; wind direction; chick mass; foraging habitat; remote sensing ice; MODIS; provisioning; cepphus; Beaufort Sea; Arctic Ocean; Barrow; ambient temperature; chick growth; prey availability; Alcidae; Arctic; Barrier Island; Cooper Island; Arctic cod; Black guillemot; Boreogadus saida; Cepphus grylle
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2826

This study attempted to explain an apparent inverse relationship between pack ice proximity and breeding success of Black Guillemots (Cepphus grylle) on Cooper Island, a barrier island in the western Beaufort Sea near Barrow, AK. I elucidated the first linear relationship between energy density and...