Foraging by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) at a nearshore, anticyclonic tidal eddy in the northern Bering Sea, Alaska
Colonial Waterbirds
By: J. Christopher Haney
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Abstract
Northern Fulmars (Fulmar glacialis) fed on ice-associated macrofauna (probably gammarid amphipods) and pinniped offal concentrated by convergent flow at an eddy boundary near Northwest Cape on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The eddy was anticyclonic, measured approximately 1.5 by 2.25 km, and was generated by nearshore streaming induced by the cape’s topography during lesser flood stage of the tidal cycle. These favorable feeding conditions persisted only for a few hours on a single day (22 May 1987). Like man-assisted scavenging, this observation suggests that natural feeding by fulmars can be highly opportunistic and time-dependent.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Foraging by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) at a nearshore, anticyclonic tidal eddy in the northern Bering Sea, Alaska |
| Series title | Colonial Waterbirds |
| DOI | 10.2307/1521017 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Waterbird Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Alaska Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 318 |
| Last page | 321 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Bering Sea, Northwest Cape, St. Lawrence Island |
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