Breeding Biology of King Eiders Nesting on Karrak Lake, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kellett, Dana K., Alisauskas, Ray T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: colonial nesting; habitat selection; king eider; Somateria spectabilis; nesting associations; nest success; Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary; nidification en colonies; sélection de l’habitat; eider à tête grise; associations de nidification; succès de la couvaison; refuge d’oiseaux du golfe de la Reine-Maud; Arctic; Karrak Lake; Northwest Territories; Queen Maud Gulf; Reine; Arctique*; King Eider; Sterna paradisaea
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64146

We studied various aspects of the breeding biology of king eiders (Somateria spectabilis) nesting at Karrak Lake, south of Queen Maud Gulf in the central Canadian Arctic. We found 41 nests distributed among 10 islands in Karrak Lake; to our knowledge, this represents the largest number of king eider...