Summer distribution of seabirds in the North-East Water polynya, Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Authors: Joiris, C.R., Kampp, K., Tahon, J., Møbjerg Kristensen, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Arctic; Fulmar; Greenland; Alle alle; brünnich's guillemot; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; ivory gull; Larus hyperboreus; little auk; Odobenus rosmarus; Pagophila eburnea; rissa tridactyla; Somateria mollissima; Uria lomvia; Zooplankton; uria; walrus*
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6859

The distribution at sea of seabirds was studied in the North-East Water (NEW) polynya, Greenland, during transect counts in the summers of 1991, 1992 and 1993 on board the ice-breaking RVs Polarstern and Polar Sea. Data collected within the polynya ‘box’ (78–82°N; 5–18°W) concern observations of 800...