Radar Observations of Arctic Bird Migration at the Northwest Passage, Canada

• Main Authors: Gudmundur A. Gudmundsson, Thomas Alerstam, Martin Green, Anders Hedenström
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Herschel Island; King William Island; Northwest Passage; Pacific; William Island; Amundsen Gulf; Baffin; Banks Island; Beaufort Sea; Davis Strait; Northwest passage; Melville Island; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.110.1500; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic55-1-21.pdf

ABSTRACT. Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observation at 23 sites in the region of the Northwest Passage, between Baffin Island and Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea. The studies took place during a ship-based expedition from 29 June to 3 September 1999. A total of 692 tra...