Evidence of Population Declines among Common Eiders Breeding in the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Robertson, Gregory J., Gilchrist, H. Grant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: common eider; Somateria mollissima sedentaria; Belcher Islands; population decline; Hudson Bay; eider à duvet; îles Belcher; déclin de population; baie d’Hudson; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Belcher; Hudson; Northwest Territories; Common Eider; Eider à duvet; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64137

Information regarding the status of common eiders, Somateria mollissima, breeding in the Canadian Arctic is sorely lacking. In 1997, we surveyed five island archipelagoes in the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay (56 00 - 57 30 N, 79 30 - 80 00 W) from 3 to 23 July. Our results were compared with eider s...