Radar observations of Arctic bird migration at the Northwest Passage, Canada

• Main Authors: Gudmundsson, GA, Alerstam, Thomas, Green, Martin, Hedenström, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: Ecology; Biological Sciences; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Pacific; Northwest Passage; Herschel Island; King William Island; William Island; Amundsen Gulf; Baffin; Banks Island; Beaufort Sea; Davis Strait; Northwest passage; Melville Island; Siberia
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/145628; https://portal.research.lu.se/files/4844577/625058.pdf

Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observation at 23 sites in the region of the Northwest Passage, between Baffin Island and Herschel Island in the Beaufort Sea. The studies took place during a ship-based expedition from 29 June to 3 September 1999. A total of 692 tracks (avera...