Late winter distribution and abundance of sea-associated birds in south-western Greenland, the Davis Strait and southern Baffin Bay

Polar Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-17

  Mosbech, Anders ^a   Johnson, Stephen R ^b  

^a National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

^b LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL SURVEY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY; DAVIS STRAIT; GREENLAND;

AVES; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; URIA;

EID: 0032755295     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1999.tb00273.x     Document Type: Article

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