Limits to benthic feeding by eiders in a vital Arctic migration corridor due to localized prey and changing sea ice, Alaska, 2001-2013

• Main Authors: James Lovvorn, Aariel Rocha, Marjorie Brooks
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: Benthic food webs; Hydrographic models; Habitat delineation; Marine spatial planning; Organic Carbon; PAROMS; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; The Corridor; Chukchi; King Eider; Sea ice; Somateria spectabilis; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A24M91B0X

Four species of threatened or declining eider ducks that nest in the Arctic migrate through the northeast Chukchi Sea, where anticipated industrial development may require prioritizing areas for conservation. In this nearshore corridor (10–40 m depth), the eiders’ access to benthic prey during the s...