Activity budgets and daily energy expenditure of black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) during winter and spring along the Alaska Peninsula

• Main Author: Daniels, Bryan Lee
• Other Authors: Black, Jeffrey M.
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 2014
• Subjects: Zostera marina; Energy Expenditure; Cost of thermoregulation; Humboldt State University > Theses > Wildlife; Branta bernicla nigricans; Black Brant; Activity budgets; Alaska Peninsula; Izembek; Kinzarof; Foraging; Brant; Dee; Branta bernicla; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/134754

Staging and migrating black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) have one of the most specialized diets of geese, utilizing coastal habitats to feed on intertidal eelgrass (Zostera marina). Past studies suggest that black brant may not reach energetic requirements during diurnal foraging and must utili...