Waterfowl Populations in Eastern Lancaster Sound and Western Baffin Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: McLaren, Peter L., McLaren, Margaret A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal migration; Common Eiders; King Eiders; Long-tailed Ducks; Waterfowl; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Lancaster Sound; Nunavut; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Common Eider; Davis Strait; King Eider; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65367

The seasonal distributions of oldsquaws (Clangula hyemalis), common eiders (Somateria mollissima) and king eiders (S. spectabilis) were determined through aerial surveys in eastern Lancaster Sound (1976, 1978 and 1979) and northwest Baffin Bay (1978, 1979). Sightings of geese are summarized in an Ap...