The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador
Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977, 1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies departed ea...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65413 2023-05-15T14:19:16+02:00 The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador Orr, Craig D. Ward, Richard M.P. 1982-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65413 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65413/49327 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65413 ARCTIC; Vol. 35 No. 4 (1982): December: 457–571; 531-536 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal migration Thick-billed Murres Winter ecology Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Hudson Strait Nunavut/Québec Labrador Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1982 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:31Z Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977, 1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies departed east through Hudson Strait, in the direction of surface currents, in the latter half of August. Most murres from three eastern Hudson Strait colonies were in offshore waters in early September, arrived in the northern Labrador Sea within a few days, and were followed later in September by murres from three western Hudson Strait colonies. From the Labrador Sea, murres go to marine wintering sites around Newfoundland. Murres from a large colony on southeast Baffin Island apparently did not migrate to the Labrador Sea through western Davis Strait; instead, they either migrated through central Davis Strait en route to Newfoundland, or east to west Greenland, which was also the probable destination of many adult murres which flew by a drillship in southwest Davis Strait.Key words: Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia), migration, Baffin Island, Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, eastern Canada, colonial seabird Mots clés: Marmette de Brünnich (Uria lomvia), migration, île de Baffin, détroit Davis, mer du Labrador, est du Canada, oiseau marin vivant en colonie Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Island Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Hudson Strait Île de Baffin Labrador Sea Newfoundland Nunavut thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria University of Calgary Journal Hosting Newfoundland Nunavut Baffin Bay Baffin Island Canada Greenland Hudson Hudson Strait ENVELOPE(-70.000,-70.000,62.000,62.000) Mer du Labrador ENVELOPE(-55.998,-55.998,55.000,55.000) Île de Baffin ENVELOPE(-74.998,-74.998,68.001,68.001) ARCTIC 35 4 |
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Aerial surveys were used to assess the timing and route of the swimming migration of Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) near southern Baffin Island and northern Labrador in the autumn of 1977, 1978 and 1979. Several hundred thousand adults and chicks from six southern Baffin area colonies departed east through Hudson Strait, in the direction of surface currents, in the latter half of August. Most murres from three eastern Hudson Strait colonies were in offshore waters in early September, arrived in the northern Labrador Sea within a few days, and were followed later in September by murres from three western Hudson Strait colonies. From the Labrador Sea, murres go to marine wintering sites around Newfoundland. Murres from a large colony on southeast Baffin Island apparently did not migrate to the Labrador Sea through western Davis Strait; instead, they either migrated through central Davis Strait en route to Newfoundland, or east to west Greenland, which was also the probable destination of many adult murres which flew by a drillship in southwest Davis Strait.Key words: Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia), migration, Baffin Island, Davis Strait, Labrador Sea, eastern Canada, colonial seabird Mots clés: Marmette de Brünnich (Uria lomvia), migration, île de Baffin, détroit Davis, mer du Labrador, est du Canada, oiseau marin vivant en colonie |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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The Autumn Migration of Thick-billed Murres near Southern Baffin Island and Northern Labrador |
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autumn migration of thick-billed murres near southern baffin island and northern labrador |
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Newfoundland Nunavut Baffin Bay Baffin Island Canada Greenland Hudson Hudson Strait Mer du Labrador Île de Baffin |
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Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Island Baffin Davis Strait Greenland Hudson Strait Île de Baffin Labrador Sea Newfoundland Nunavut thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 35 No. 4 (1982): December: 457–571; 531-536 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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