An important late summer aggregation of fin whales Balaenoptera physalus , little auks Alle alle and Brünnich’s guillemots Uria lomvia in the eastern Greenland Sea and Fram Strait: influence of hydrographic structures

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Joiris, C.R., Falck, E., D'Hert, D., Jungblut, S., Boos, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Aggregations (ecological); Arctic; Fulmar; Greenland; Alle alle; Balaenoptera physalus; Fram Strait; Fulmarus glacialis; Greenland Sea; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; little auk; rissa tridactyla; Uria lomvia; White-beaked dolphin; Spitsbergen; uria
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=241891

The distribution at sea of upper trophic levels—seabirds and marine mammals—is depending on their food availability: high concentrations reflect high prey abundance and thus high biological production. Polar marine ecosystems are characterized by low biodiversity and high biological patchiness. The...