Oilfield Development and Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) Distribution and Abundance in Central Alaskan Beaufort Sea Lagoons, 1970–2001

• Main Authors: Lynn E. Noel, Stephen R. Johnson, William J. Gazey
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Barrier Island; Barrier Islands; Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Common Eider; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; Prudhoe Bay
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.489.5468; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic59-1-65.pdf

ABSTRACT. We evaluated aerial survey data for glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) in central Alaskan Beaufort Sea lagoons near the Prudhoe Bay oilfields during June to September 1978 – 2001 for trends in numbers of glaucous gulls, associations with human activity, and confounding relationships with e...