Late-Summer Abundance and Distribution of Marine Birds in Kasegaluk Lagoon, Chukchi Sea, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Johnson, Stephen R., Wiggins, David A., Wainwright, Peter F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal population; Lagoons; Sea birds; Waterfowl; Alaska; Northern; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Kasegaluk Lagoon; Arctic; Blanche; Brant; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic tern; Arctique*; Beaufort Sea; Bernache cravant; Branta bernicla; Chukchi; Glaucous Gull; Goéland bourgmestre; Larus hyperboreus; Mer des Tchouktches; Sterna paradisaea; Sterne arctique; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64401

Oil and gas drilling programs in the Alaska Chukchi Sea were carried out on leases offshore from Kasegaluk Lagoon in 1989-91, and further exploration and development activities in this area are likely in future years. We conducted aerial surveys between late July and early September 1989-91 to deter...