Winter distribution and pre-breeding survival of the thick-billed murre, Uria lomvia, from the northwestern Atlantic. Implications for management of the Newfoundland turr hunt.

• Main Author: Donaldson, Gary Michael.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 1995
• Subjects: Biology, Ecology.; Coats Island; Coburg Island; Digges; Greenland; Coburg island; Newfoundland; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-8119; http://www.ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/10082

New legislation which entrenches regulation of the turr hunt in Newfoundland into the Migratory Birds Convention Act, will require good knowledge of thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) population biology for proper implementation. The impact of hunting on the population is determined by factors such as...