Seasonal Movements and Distribution of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) Wintering at Kodiak Island, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Daniel H., Petrula, Michael J., Schamber, Jason L., Zwiefelhofer, Denny, Hollmén, Tuula E., Hill, Douglas D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2014
• Subjects: Alaska; habitat use; Kodiak Island; migration; Polysticta stelleri; Russia; satellite telemetry; sea duck; Steller’s Eider; waterfowl; utilisation de l’habitat; île Kodiak; Russie; télémétrie satellitaire; canard de mer; eider de Steller; sauvagine; Arctic; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Taymyr; Arctique*; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; eider de steller; Kodiak; Kuskokwim; St Lawrence Island; steller’s eider; Taymyr Peninsula
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67451

We used satellite telemetry in 2004–06 to describe the annual movements and habitat use of a segment of the Pacific population of Steller’s Eiders (Polysticta stelleri) that winters at Kodiak Island, Alaska. Information about broad-scale patterns of seasonal distribution and links among annual cycle...