Multicolony tracking reveals potential threats to little auks wintering in the North Atlantic from marine pollution and shrinking sea ice cover

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1322-1332

  Fort, Jérôme ^a   Moe, Børge ^b   Strøm, Hallvard ^c   Grémillet, David ^d,e   Welcker, Jorg ^c   Schultner, Jannik ^f   Jerstad, Kurt ^g   Johansen, Kasper L ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^h   Mosbech, Anders ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^g Aurebekksveien 61   (Norway)

^h BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alle alle; Conservation biogeography; Geolocators; Non breeding distribution; Oil pollution; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE COVER; MARGINAL ICE ZONE; MARINE POLLUTION; OCEAN; OIL POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE; SEABIRD; TRACKING;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; GREENLAND SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALLE ALLE; AVES; PINGUINUS;

EID: 84883656738     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12105     Document Type: Article

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