Arctic Sterna Paradisaea
The arctic tern known scientifically as the Sterna paradisaea it is a circumpolar seabird commonly recognised due to its strong migratory patterns. Having one of the largest migration patterns known throughout the animal kingdom traveling from its northern breeding grounds in arctic and sub-arctic regions spanning across Europe, Asia, Alaska and northern Canada. They migrate to Antarctic coast lines seeing two summers a year
Using the data from the Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration attaching in which miniature archival light loggers more commonly known as geolocators were attached to 11 arctic sterns allowing measurement of the amount of ambient sunlight levels over long periods of time. Light data could then be downloaded and interpreted through analysis of the data collected the arctic turn was said to make a journey of (59,000 to 81,600 km) from their northern homes to the Antarctic coasts.
During this journey there was common stopover point in the middle of the north Atlantic shown in figure 1. This provided opportunity to feed on zoo-plankton and small fish to provide energy for the trip ahead. The birds usually head along the coast of western Africa or western Europe the birds are then faced with a choice of staying on the coast of west …show more content…
It has been stated that while there is a present decrease population. It is not a rapid or substantial enough to have overall impact on the estimated breeding pairs of arctic terns. This observation of decrease in popular size has not approached at a rapid enough rate to pose any threat of population size and further more does not approach any thresholds of vulnerability amongst the population. This puts the arctic tern at the least concern level of conservation. It has also been stated that due to the arctic terns secluded breeding sites and large distribution amongst the northern
Using the data from the Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration attaching in which miniature archival light loggers more commonly known as geolocators were attached to 11 arctic sterns allowing measurement of the amount of ambient sunlight levels over long periods of time. Light data could then be downloaded and interpreted through analysis of the data collected the arctic turn was said to make a journey of (59,000 to 81,600 km) from their northern homes to the Antarctic coasts.
During this journey there was common stopover point in the middle of the north Atlantic shown in figure 1. This provided opportunity to feed on zoo-plankton and small fish to provide energy for the trip ahead. The birds usually head along the coast of western Africa or western Europe the birds are then faced with a choice of staying on the coast of west …show more content…
It has been stated that while there is a present decrease population. It is not a rapid or substantial enough to have overall impact on the estimated breeding pairs of arctic terns. This observation of decrease in popular size has not approached at a rapid enough rate to pose any threat of population size and further more does not approach any thresholds of vulnerability amongst the population. This puts the arctic tern at the least concern level of conservation. It has also been stated that due to the arctic terns secluded breeding sites and large distribution amongst the northern