Restoration monitoring of harlequin duck populations in Prince WIlliam Sound and Afognak Island, AK (1989-1993)

• Main Authors: Richard Gustin, Dave Crowley, Thomas Crowe
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal
• Subjects: Afognak Island; Alaska; EVOS; EVOSTC; Exxon Valdez; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Harlequin ducks; Histrionicus histrionicus; oil spill; Kodiak; Prince William Sound; restoration; histrionicus
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/df35j.67.15

We monitored densities of molting harlequin ducks and broods in oil spill area of western Prince William Sound (WPWS) and in the non-oiled eastern area (EPWS) during 1989-1993. A survey of sea duck foods was consistent with the literature, showing diverse prey in harlequins and the importance of mus...