MIGRATION PATTERNS, HABITAT USE, PREY ITEMS, AND HUNTER HARVEST OF LONG-TAILED DUCKS (Clangula hyemalis) THAT OVERWINTER ON LAKE MICHIGAN

• Main Author: Fara, Luke J.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: OpenSIUC 2018
• Subjects: Diet; Harvest; Long-tailed Duck; Migration; Molecular; Arctic; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Canada; Pacific; Hudson; Adelaide Peninsula; James Bay; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2414; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3428&context=theses

The long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis; hereafter LTDU) breeds on the arctic tundra across Alaska and Canada and winters south of the ice edge along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, as well as on the Great Lakes. Data suggest that LTDU populations are in decline and, as a result, efforts have been...