Effects of Snow and Ice on Waterfowl Distribution in the Central Canadian Arctic Islands

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McLaren, Margaret A., Alliston, W. George
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal population; Brant; Canada Geese; Eiders; Long-tailed Ducks; Sea birds; Snow Geese; Waterfowl; Canadian Arctic Islands; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Arctic; Barrow Strait; Bellot Strait; Blanche; Boothia Peninsula; Canada; Cornwallis; Crooked Lake; Gulf of Boothia; Martin Islands; Prince of Wales Island; Prince Regent Inlet; Queens Channel; Somerset Island; Arctique*; Bernache cravant; Branta bernicla; Branta canadensis; Creswell Bay
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65158

Aerial surveys were conducted in 1974 and 1975 to determine distribution and abundance of waterfowl along the coasts of Somerset, Cornwallis, Little Cornwallis, and Byam Martin islands, Boothia Peninsula, as well as parts of Prince of Wales, Devon, Bathurst, and Melville islands. Waterfowl nested no...