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The seventh consecutive aerial survey of common eiders and other waterbirds along the coastline of the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of Alaska, including barrier islands, was conducted from 24 to 27 June 2005. Observations were made from an amphibious Cessna 206 (N61599) by pilot/observer and right sea...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.516.7120 2023-05-15T14:57:53+02:00 By Christian P. Dau William W. Larned The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2005 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.516.7120 http://www.fws.gov/alaska/mbsp/mbm/waterfowl/surveys/pdf/coei05pdf.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.516.7120 http://www.fws.gov/alaska/mbsp/mbm/waterfowl/surveys/pdf/coei05pdf.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.fws.gov/alaska/mbsp/mbm/waterfowl/surveys/pdf/coei05pdf.pdf Key Words Aerial population survey Common Eider waterbirds barrier islands Arctic Coastal text 2005 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:54:22Z The seventh consecutive aerial survey of common eiders and other waterbirds along the coastline of the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of Alaska, including barrier islands, was conducted from 24 to 27 June 2005. Observations were made from an amphibious Cessna 206 (N61599) by pilot/observer and right seat observer. The study area, established when the survey was initiated in 1999, encompasses approximately 1,050 km of the Chukchi and Beaufort sea coastlines from Omalik Lagoon north and east to the Canadian border and an additional 190 and 325 linear kilometers, respectively, of barrier island habitats off Kasegaluk Lagoon and from Point Barrow to Demarcation Bay. Shorefast ice cover in 2005 was more extensive than 2004 in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Ice free areas in the Beaufort Sea were especially limited and most barrier islands were accessible to terrestrial predators. A total of 2,581 common eiders, including 1,121 indicated breeding pairs (pairs+single drakes), was observed in 2005. Totals and indicated breeding pairs were down 14.9 and 16.3 percent, respectively, from 2004 and down 5.0 and up 24.8 percent, respectively, from the long-term averages (1999-2005). The decline in total common eiders observed in 2005 occurred despite more extensive ice cover which is believed to either delay (short-stop) migrants or alter their Text Arctic Barrow Beaufort Sea Chukchi Common Eider Point Barrow Alaska Unknown Arctic Barrier Island ENVELOPE(78.396,78.396,-68.431,-68.431) Barrier Islands ENVELOPE(-92.283,-92.283,62.784,62.784) |
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The seventh consecutive aerial survey of common eiders and other waterbirds along the coastline of the Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) of Alaska, including barrier islands, was conducted from 24 to 27 June 2005. Observations were made from an amphibious Cessna 206 (N61599) by pilot/observer and right seat observer. The study area, established when the survey was initiated in 1999, encompasses approximately 1,050 km of the Chukchi and Beaufort sea coastlines from Omalik Lagoon north and east to the Canadian border and an additional 190 and 325 linear kilometers, respectively, of barrier island habitats off Kasegaluk Lagoon and from Point Barrow to Demarcation Bay. Shorefast ice cover in 2005 was more extensive than 2004 in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. Ice free areas in the Beaufort Sea were especially limited and most barrier islands were accessible to terrestrial predators. A total of 2,581 common eiders, including 1,121 indicated breeding pairs (pairs+single drakes), was observed in 2005. Totals and indicated breeding pairs were down 14.9 and 16.3 percent, respectively, from 2004 and down 5.0 and up 24.8 percent, respectively, from the long-term averages (1999-2005). The decline in total common eiders observed in 2005 occurred despite more extensive ice cover which is believed to either delay (short-stop) migrants or alter their |
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