Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone:Evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Edwards, Ewan W J, Quinn, Lucy R., Wakefield, Ewan D., Miller, Peter I., Thompson, Paul M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: First-passage time; Foraging behaviour; Marine birds; Mid-ocean ridges; Northern fulmar; Oceanic fronts; Tracking; Fulmar; Mid-Atlantic Ridge; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/tracking-a-northern-fulmar-from-a-scottish-nesting-site-to-the-charliegibbs-fracture-zone(8af9a995-0b97-4c97-b0f4-c76c5acd60ea).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84888206044&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The seas above mid-ocean ridges are biodiversity hotspots in an otherwise largely oligotrophic environment, but the nature and extent of linkage between these offshore regimes and coastal ecosystems remains uncertain. Using a combination of GPS and geolocation tracking data, we show that a male fulm...