On Certain Anatids of Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island

Of ten ducks, geese and swans known to breed in southern Baffin, seven were observed by the writers, June 14-Aug. 1953, near the end of Frobisher Bay; Canada geese, snow geese, blue geese, old-squaws, common eiders, king eiders, and red-breasted mergansers are described: numbers seen, the young, phy...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Sutton, George Miksch, Parmelee, David F.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1955
Subjects:
Animal distribution
Animal migration
Animal population
Animal tagging
Arctic char
Arctic cod
Biology
Crustacea
Economic feasibility
Electrical properties
Fisheries
Fresh-water ecology
Greenland shark
Hydrography
Lakes
Measurement
Meteorology
Oceanography
Oxygen
Plankton
Seals (Animals)
Serials
Temperature
Walruses
Water pH
Ungava
Baie d'
Québec
Hudson Strait
Nunavut/Québec
Frobisher Bay
Nunavut
Cumberland Sound
Hudson Bay
Foxe Channel
Qeqertarsuaq region
Greenland
Arctic regions
Arctic
Baffin Island
Canada
Hudson
Qeqertarsuaq
Baffin
walrus*
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66862
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Summary:Of ten ducks, geese and swans known to breed in southern Baffin, seven were observed by the writers, June 14-Aug. 1953, near the end of Frobisher Bay; Canada geese, snow geese, blue geese, old-squaws, common eiders, king eiders, and red-breasted mergansers are described: numbers seen, the young, physical appearance of adults and young.

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