Ivory Gull in Massachusetts

Quantitative seabird and marine mammal at-sea distribution was determined in the Norwegian, Greenland and Wandel seas in August 2018 on board the icebreaking RV Polarstern. A total of 7,380 seabirds belonging to 25 species were tallied during 380 transect counts lasting 30 minute each, i.e. a mean value of 19 per count. Cetaceans were represented by seven species (mean of 0.1 per count) and pinnipeds by four species (0.1 per count). Numbers of seabird species and of individuals were low in the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea (12 and 14 species, 4 and 8 individuals per count). They were especially low in the Wandel Sea off North Greenland: seven seabird species (2 individuals per count), mainly ivory gull Pagophila eburnea and fulmar Fulmarus glacialis. Cetaceans were absent and pinnipeds represented by three species only (0.3 per count). These concentrations are extremely low even when compared to other areas of the high Arctic Ocean.

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Ivory Gull

Gulls : A Guide to Identification ◽

10.5040/9781472597137.ch-019 ◽

2014 ◽

Keyword(s):

Ivory Gull

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Colony Dynamics and Persistence of Ivory Gull Breeding in Canada

Avian Conservation and Ecology ◽

10.5751/ace-00172-020208 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Gregory J. Robertson ◽

H. Grant Gilchrist ◽

Mark L. Mallory

Keyword(s):

Ivory Gull ◽

Colony Dynamics

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Description of microsatellite markers and genotyping performances using feathers and buccal swabs for the Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea)

Molecular Ecology Resources ◽

10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03015.x ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 877-889 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

GLENN YANNIC ◽

ROBERTO SERMIER ◽

ADRIAN AEBISCHER ◽

MARIA V. GAVRILO ◽

OLIVIER GILG ◽

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Keyword(s):

Microsatellite Markers ◽

Ivory Gull ◽

Buccal Swabs

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A Bird’s-Eye View of Arctic Governance: Reflecting on the Role of International Law in Arctic Cooperation from a Bird Conservation Perspective

The Yearbook of Polar Law Online ◽

10.1163/22116427-91000021 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 401-426

Author(s):

Arie Trouwborst

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Legal Framework ◽

The Arctic ◽

Bird Conservation ◽

Uria Lomvia ◽

Ivory Gull ◽

The Impact ◽

Binding Agreement

Abstract This article discusses the role of international law in environmental governance in the Arctic. It does so from the perspective of bird conservation. Challenges in the latter field are introduced, including the impact of climate change on Arctic bird habitats and the incidental mortality of seabirds in Arctic fisheries. The ability of the current international legal framework in the Arctic to meet these challenges is scrutinised, and future scenarios for its enhancement are explored, including the conclusion of (a) new legally binding agreement(s). Five species receive particular attention as part of this exercise: gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea), spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus), Kittlitz’s murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) and Brünnich’s guillemot (Uria lomvia). Special attention is also devoted to the issue of seabird bycatch.

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