At-sea distribution of Spectacled Eiders: A 120-year-old mystery resolved

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1009-1020

  Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Larned, William W ^b   Douglas, David C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MIGRATION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALASKA; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKOTKA PENINSULA; LEDYARD BAY; MECHIGMENSKIY BAY; NORTON SOUND; REPUBLIC OF SAKHA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; SOMATERIA FISCHERI;

EID: 0032698088     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089681     Document Type: Article

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