Summer distribution and ecological role of seabirds and marine mammals in the Norwegian and Greenland seas (June 1988)

• Published in: Journal of Marine Systems
• Main Author: Joiris, C.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Fulmar; Greenland; The Ark; Alle alle; brünnich's guillemot; common guillemot; Cystophora cristata; Fulmarus glacialis; little auk; Phoca groenlandica; Phoca hispida; rissa tridactyla; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=6886

During the ARK V/2 expedition of RV Polarstern in the Norwegian and Greenland seas in June 1988, 380 half hour counts for marine vertebrates (seabirds, pinnipeds and cetaceans) were carried out. Results are presented as total numbers encountered and then converted into density and food intake. Mean...