Phenotypic Variation among Thick-billed Murres from Colonies in Hudson Strait

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Gaston, A.J., Chapdelaine, G., Noble, D.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Animal anatomy; Animal growth; Animal physiology; Evolution (Biology); Thick-billed Murres; Akpatok Island; Nunavut; Digges Islands; Hantzsch Island; Arctic; Digges; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Détroit d'Hudson; Ice Sheet; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65254

Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) breeding in the Canadian Arctic are restricted to a small number of colonies, all comprising more that 10,000 pairs. Five of these colonies are scattered through Hudson Strait. We collected adult breeders at three of the colonies - Digges Island, Hantzsch Island, an...