The year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations : Applications for population management and marine spatial planning

Acknowledgement We thank all the fieldworkers for their hard work collecting data. Funding for this study was provided by the Norwegian Ministry for Climate and the Environment, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Oil and Gas Association along with eight oil companies through the SEATRACK project (www.seapop.no/en/seatrack). Fieldwork in Norwegian colonies (incl. Svalbard and Jan Mayen) was supported by the SEAPOP program (www.seapop.no grant number 192141). The French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor, funded the ORNITHO-ENDOCRINO program (IPEV program 330 to O. Chastel) on Kongsfjord kittiwakes. Russian field operations were enabled by the crew on SY Alter Ego and Open Ocean project team. A.V. Ezhov and Yu.V. Krasnov were supported by the project No 0228-2019-0004 “Ornithofauna of the northern seas: peculiarities of the nonbreeding season” with the framework of MMBI research plan and the state order for 2109-2021. The work on the Isle of May was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Award NE/R016429/1 as part of the UK-SCaPE programme delivering National Capability). ES Hansen was supported by VeiðikortasjóðurPeer reviewedPostprintPublisher PD