Census of seabird colonies on Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, and in neighbouring localities in 1978 and 1979
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- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by Norwegian Polar Institute in Polar Research
- Vol. 1 (2) , 199-209
- https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v1i2.6984
Abstract
Seabird colonies were censused during the summer expedition of Norsk Polarinstitutt to Nordaustlandet. Svalbard, in 1978 and 1979, and to Kongs~yain 1979. An outline is givcn of thc distribution of the ,pecir, together with an estimate of the number of breeding pairs in the colonies. Twenty-five colonies were ccnsused; seven were visited both years. Four colonies with more than 1,000 breeding pairs of the most abundant species, Brunnich‘s guillemot and kittiwake, were found on Nordaustlandet.Keywords
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