Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006

Izembek Lagoon, located on the Alaska Peninsula, is an important molting area for the Pacific population of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) and was the site of consistent banding effort during 1993–2006. We used Pradel mark-recapture models to estimate annual survival and population growth ra...

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Main Authors: Frost, Charles J., Hollmen, Tuula E., Reynolds, Joel H.
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Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
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description Izembek Lagoon, located on the Alaska Peninsula, is an important molting area for the Pacific population of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) and was the site of consistent banding effort during 1993–2006. We used Pradel mark-recapture models to estimate annual survival and population growth rates for adult Steller’s Eiders molting at Izembek Lagoon. We designed 32 models that included effects of sex and year on survival, recapture rate, and seniority, as well as potential trends in survival and seniority. The top model incorporated a two-phase trend (1993–98, 1999–2003) in survival and seniority for each sex and fully sex- and year-specific recapture rates. Average annual adult survival was estimated at 0.86 (SE = 0.030) for females and 0.87 (SE = 0.018) for males. Average annual population growth rates since 1998 were estimated to be approximately 1.0 for both sexes. A brief warming event in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (1997–98) coincided with the lowest estimates of annual survival, while a subsequent return to cooler conditions in the Bering Sea coincided with the highest estimates and an increasing trend in annual survival. La lagune d’Izembek, située dans la péninsule de l’Alaska, constitue une aire de mue importante pour la population d’eiders de Steller (Polysticta stelleri) du Pacifique. Elle a fait l’objet de travaux de baguage soutenus entre 1993 et 2006. Nous nous sommes servis des modèles de marquage et de recapture de Pradel pour estimer les taux de survie et d’accroissement de la population d’eiders de Steller adultes en période de mue à la lagune d’Izembek. Nous avons conçu 32 modèles qui compre-naient les effets du sexe et de l’année sur le taux de survie, le taux de recapture et l’ancienneté. Le meilleur des modèles comprenait une tendance diphasique (de 1993 à 1998, et de 1999 à 2003) en ce qui a trait aux taux de survie et d’ancienneté de chacun des sexes ainsi qu’en ce qui a trait aux taux de recapture entièrement en fonction du sexe et de l’année. Chez les adultes, le taux de ...
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/67335 2025-06-15T14:15:03+00:00 Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006 Frost, Charles J. Hollmen, Tuula E. Reynolds, Joel H. 2013-06-05 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67335 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67335/51244 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67335 ARCTIC; Vol. 66 No. 2 (2013): June: 139–245; 173–178 1923-1245 0004-0843 Alaska mark-recapture Polysticta stelleri Pradel Steller’s Eider survival marquage et recapture eider de Steller survie info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2013 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z Izembek Lagoon, located on the Alaska Peninsula, is an important molting area for the Pacific population of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) and was the site of consistent banding effort during 1993–2006. We used Pradel mark-recapture models to estimate annual survival and population growth rates for adult Steller’s Eiders molting at Izembek Lagoon. We designed 32 models that included effects of sex and year on survival, recapture rate, and seniority, as well as potential trends in survival and seniority. The top model incorporated a two-phase trend (1993–98, 1999–2003) in survival and seniority for each sex and fully sex- and year-specific recapture rates. Average annual adult survival was estimated at 0.86 (SE = 0.030) for females and 0.87 (SE = 0.018) for males. Average annual population growth rates since 1998 were estimated to be approximately 1.0 for both sexes. A brief warming event in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (1997–98) coincided with the lowest estimates of annual survival, while a subsequent return to cooler conditions in the Bering Sea coincided with the highest estimates and an increasing trend in annual survival. La lagune d’Izembek, située dans la péninsule de l’Alaska, constitue une aire de mue importante pour la population d’eiders de Steller (Polysticta stelleri) du Pacifique. Elle a fait l’objet de travaux de baguage soutenus entre 1993 et 2006. Nous nous sommes servis des modèles de marquage et de recapture de Pradel pour estimer les taux de survie et d’accroissement de la population d’eiders de Steller adultes en période de mue à la lagune d’Izembek. Nous avons conçu 32 modèles qui compre-naient les effets du sexe et de l’année sur le taux de survie, le taux de recapture et l’ancienneté. Le meilleur des modèles comprenait une tendance diphasique (de 1993 à 1998, et de 1999 à 2003) en ce qui a trait aux taux de survie et d’ancienneté de chacun des sexes ainsi qu’en ce qui a trait aux taux de recapture entièrement en fonction du sexe et de l’année. Chez les adultes, le taux de ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Bering Sea eider de steller Polysticta stelleri steller’s eider Alaska Unknown Bering Sea Pacific ARCTIC 66 2
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mark-recapture
Polysticta stelleri
Pradel
Steller’s Eider
survival
marquage et recapture
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Frost, Charles J.
Hollmen, Tuula E.
Reynolds, Joel H.
Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title_full Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title_fullStr Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title_full_unstemmed Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title_short Trends in Annual Survival of Steller’s Eiders Molting at Izembek Lagoon on the Alaska Peninsula, 1993–2006
title_sort trends in annual survival of steller’s eiders molting at izembek lagoon on the alaska peninsula, 1993–2006
topic Alaska
mark-recapture
Polysticta stelleri
Pradel
Steller’s Eider
survival
marquage et recapture
eider de Steller
survie
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mark-recapture
Polysticta stelleri
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Steller’s Eider
survival
marquage et recapture
eider de Steller
survie
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