Point locations of Common Murre colonies as surveyed in 2010. === Original Data Source === The distribution of thick-billed and common murre colonies in the North. Murres are among the most abundant seabirds in the Northern Hemisphere with a population in excess of ten million adults. No obvious global trend has been identified but the majority of regional populations have shown declines over the past three decades. While they are currently abundant, climate change is projected to pose problems to murres in the future, especially for the more northern species, the thick-billed murre, which is strongly associated with sea ice. Other threats include fisheries interactions, over-exploitation, contaminants, and oil spills, the latter becoming more important if climate change expands shipping and hydrocarbon development in the Arctic. Citation: Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010 – Selected indicators of change. CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland.May 2010. Citation URL: https://abds.is/index.php/publications/species/the-distribution-of-thick-billed-and-common-murre-colonies-in-the-north