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Cruising for data: Defining the seabird community from vessels of opportunity in Canada’s Eastern Arctic.


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CARINA GJERDRUM1*, SARAH N. P. WONG1, & MARK L. MALLORY2

1Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada (Carina.Gjerdrum@ec.gc.ca)
2Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

Citation

Gjerdrum, C., Wong, S. N. P., & Mallory, M. L. 2025. Cruising for data: Defining the seabird community from vessels of opportunity in Canada’s Eastern Arctic. . Marine Ornithology 53: 137 - 150
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.53.1.1623

Received 13 September 2024, accepted 15 November 2024

Date Published: 2025/04/15
Date Online: 2025/03/01
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Key words: community composition, cruise ships, eastern Canadian Arctic, research vessels, seabird surveys, ships of opportunity

Abstract

Information on marine bird abundance and distribution at sea is required to identify important habitat for protection, mitigate pressures from human activities, and understand the role of seabirds in marine food webs. Arctic waters support millions of marine birds, including globally significant numbers of some species, but the remote location coupled with the financial costs of research and monitoring in this region limit our ability to quantify marine habitat use. We used standardized survey data collected from vessels of opportunity during 2007-2023 to describe the distribution and abundance of marine birds in eastern Canadian Arctic waters and to examine the relative contribution of data collected from two primary platform types: research vessels and cruise ships. Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis, Thick-billed Murres Uria lomvia, Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla, and Dovekies Alle alle accounted for 92% of the sightings. The survey area covered by research vessels was 3.5 times greater than that covered by cruise ships, but there was minimal (< 1%) spatial overlap between the two platform types. Cruise ships travelled closer to shore and in shallower water than research vessels, including areas close to major colonies during the breeding season, which resulted in higher densities of birds observed. In addition to providing access to unique survey areas, cruise ships presented opportunities to engage tourists in the process of science and the outcomes of biodiversity monitoring programs. Large-scale monitoring programs that include boat-based surveys from a variety of platform types and collaboration among multiple organizations will remain important for defining marine bird habitat use in an area where human impacts are increasing as sea ice cover declines.

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