Effects of Arctic Alaska Oil Development on Brant and Snow Geese

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Truett, Joe C., Miller, Mark E., Kertell, Kenneth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: Brant; Branta bernicla; snow goose; Chen caerulescens; oil development; Alaska; impact assessment; predation; nutrition; bernache cravant; oie des neiges; exploitation pétrolière; évaluation environnementale; prédation; Arctic; Noire; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctique*; Bernache cravant; Goéland bourgmestre; Larus hyperboreus; renard arctique; toundra; Tundra; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64152

Black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) and lesser snow geese (Chen c. caerulescens) breeding in and near arctic Alaska oil fields could be affected by oil development actions such as releases of contaminants, alteration of tundra surfaces, creation of impoundments, and human activities. These actio...