Kittlitzs_murrelet
Citation
Hopcroft R (2016). Kittlitzs_murrelet. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nvvwql accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-10-23.Description
The Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris is a bird species of environmental concern, and only 21 confirmed nest locations are published for North America. Drastic population declines are reported in its southern distributional range. This bird is found in subarctic and warmer regions near glaciers, also occurring in Russia. A wider analysis of these nest sites is coming forward, and it appears that these nests are associated with glaciers and volcano slopes. However, this is only an impression based on the small sample of nests. Dataset credit = ArcOD/AOOSAdditional info
marine, harvested by iOBISTaxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
IN, Bering Sea
Latitude 55.410 to 68.280; Longitude -172.500 to -135.310
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Russ Hopcroftoriginator
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans
email: rrhopcroft@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.iobis.org
Russ Hopcroft
metadata author
University of Alaska Fairbanks - School of Fisheries and Oceans
email: rrhopcroft@alaska.edu
homepage: http://www.iobis.org
Falk Huettmann
administrative point of contact
University of Alaska Fairbanks; Laboratory for Ecological Wildlife Habitat Data Analysis for the Land- and SeascapE
email: fhuettmann@alaska.edu