The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador
ABSTRACT. Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uriu lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977,1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies de...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.549.6126 2023-05-15T14:19:32+02:00 The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador Craig D. Orr Richard M. P. Ward The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.549.6126 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-4-531.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.549.6126 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-4-531.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-4-531.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:27:05Z ABSTRACT. Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uriu lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977,1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies departed east through Hudson Strait, in the direction of surface currents, in the latter half of August. Most murres from three eastern Hudson Strait colonies were in offshore waters in early September, arrived in the northern Labrador Sea within a few days, and were followed later in September by murres from three western Hudson Strait colonies. From the Labrador Sea, murres go to marine wintering sites around Newfoundland. Murres from a large colony on southeast Baffin Island apparently did not migrate to the Labrador Sea through western Davis Strait; instead, they either migrated through central Davis Strait en route to Newfoundland, or east to west Greenland, which was also the probable destination of many adult murres which flew by a drillship in southwest Davis Strait. Text Arctic Baffin Island Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Hudson Strait Labrador Sea Newfoundland Unknown Baffin Island Greenland Hudson Hudson Strait ENVELOPE(-70.000,-70.000,62.000,62.000) Newfoundland |
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ABSTRACT. Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uriu lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977,1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies departed east through Hudson Strait, in the direction of surface currents, in the latter half of August. Most murres from three eastern Hudson Strait colonies were in offshore waters in early September, arrived in the northern Labrador Sea within a few days, and were followed later in September by murres from three western Hudson Strait colonies. From the Labrador Sea, murres go to marine wintering sites around Newfoundland. Murres from a large colony on southeast Baffin Island apparently did not migrate to the Labrador Sea through western Davis Strait; instead, they either migrated through central Davis Strait en route to Newfoundland, or east to west Greenland, which was also the probable destination of many adult murres which flew by a drillship in southwest Davis Strait. |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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