Birds and marine mammals in southwestern Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada

The southwestern part of Foxe Basin is a little known region of the Canadian Arctic, being difficult to access during the summer because of heavy and unpredictable ice conditions. Surveys of birds and marine mammals in the area were carried out by lightweight expeditions in the summers of 1994 and 1...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Gaston, Anthony J., Smith, Stephen A., Saunders, Robert, Storm, G. Ilya, Whitney, Jane A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Nunavut
Canada
Foxe Basin
Repulse Bay
narwhal*
Polar Record
walrus*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247406005651
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247406005651
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Summary:The southwestern part of Foxe Basin is a little known region of the Canadian Arctic, being difficult to access during the summer because of heavy and unpredictable ice conditions. Surveys of birds and marine mammals in the area were carried out by lightweight expeditions in the summers of 1994 and 1995, using sea-kayaks, as well as a Peterhead boat from the nearest community, at Repulse Bay. The area supports important populations of narwhal, bowhead whales and walrus, as well as significant concentrations of shorebirds, common eiders, black guillemots, and perhaps one third of the world's Thayer's gulls. New information was obtained on the status and abundance of these species and novel observations were made on the feeding ecology and breeding phenology of the gulls.

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