A major feeding ground for cetaceans and seabirds in the south-western Greenland Sea

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1597-1607

  Joiris, Claude R ^a  

^a Laboratory for Polar Ecology (PolE)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Common guillemot; Denmark Strait; Feeding ground; Fulmar; Greenland Sea; Humpback whale; Little auk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; ICE BREAKER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSECT; TROPHIC LEVEL; UPWELLING; WATER MASS; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; GREENLAND SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALCIDAE; CETACEA; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; PROCELLARIIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 80955180990     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1022-1     Document Type: Article

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