Effects of Seismic Lines on the Abundance of Breeding Birds in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ashenhurst, Amber R., Hannon, Susan J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Arctic birds; seismic exploration; seismic lines; Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary; oil and gas development; oiseaux arctiques; exploration sismique; profils sismiques; refuge d’oiseaux de l’île Kendall; mise en valeur pétrolière et gazière; Arctic; Canada; Kendall; Kendall Island; Northwest Territories; Arctique*; Phalaropus lobatus; Red-necked Phalarope; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; toundra; Tundra; Lapland; lapon
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63103

Current plans to increase oil and gas exploration and extraction in the Canadian Arctic include development in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary, Northwest Territories. Various studies have shown impacts of seismic lines on vegetation, but the effects on bird abundance in the Arctic are poorly known...