Eider duck health in Hudson Strait, 2011-2012

Eiders were collected and dissected for a number of metrics and samples including body metrics, numerous tissues, organs, and swabs for disease assessment. Birds were processed for parasites, contaminants, diet assessment and have been contributed to disease and populations dynamics studies. All tis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gilchrist, Grant, Provencher, Jennifer
Other Authors: Forbes, Mark
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Polar Data Catalogue 2016
Subjects:
Cape Dorset
Common eider
Contaminants
Food web
Nunavut
Parasites
Population dynamics
Wildlife management
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada
environment
Canada
Hudson
Hudson Strait
Arctic
Common Eider
Online Access:https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/PDCSearchDOI.jsp?doi_id=11553
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Summary:Eiders were collected and dissected for a number of metrics and samples including body metrics, numerous tissues, organs, and swabs for disease assessment. Birds were processed for parasites, contaminants, diet assessment and have been contributed to disease and populations dynamics studies. All tissues are housed in the National Specimen Bank at the National Wildlife Research Center in Ottawa, Canada.

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