The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Arctic Canada: Ecology, threats, and what it tells us about marine environmental conditions

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-216

  Mallory, Mark L ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate change; Contaminants; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern fulmar; Pollution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERIES; IMPURITIES; MARINE POLLUTION; OIL SPILLS;

ARCTIC; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; NORTHERN FULMAR;

ECOLOGY;

AVES; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33750513575     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A06-003     Document Type: Article

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