Population trends of gulls and Arctic terns nesting in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Gilchrist, H Grant ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic tern; Belcher Islands; Glaucous gull; Herring gull; Larus argentatus; Larus hyperboreus; Polynyas; Population trends; Sterna paradisaea

Indexed keywords

NEST; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

BELCHER ISLANDS; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

ANAS SP.; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; LARIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; PARADISAEA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 0033383084     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic939     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. BLOKPOEL, H., and TESSIER, G.D. 1986. The ring-billed gull in Ontario: A review of a new problem species. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper Series 57. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service. 34 p.
2. CHAPDELAINE, G. 1995. Fourteenth census of seabird populations in the sanctuaries of the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1993. Canadian Field-Naturalist 109:220-226.
3. COURTNEY, P.A., and BLOKPOEL, H. 1983. Distribution and numbers of common terns on the lower Great Lakes during 1900-1980: A review. Colonial Waterbirds 6:107-120.
4. DRURY, W.H. 1973. Population status of New England seabirds. Bird-Banding 44:267-313.
5. _. 1974. Population status of New England seabirds. Bird-Banding 45:1-12.
6. EWINS, P.J., BLOKPOEL, H., and LUDWIG, J.P. 1992. Recent extensions of the breeding range of great black-backed gulls, Larus marinus, in the Great Lakes of North America. Ontario Birds 10:64-71.
7. FLEMING, B., and McDONALD, M. 1987. A nest census and the economic potential of the Hudson Bay eider in the south Belcher Islands, N.W.T. A report prepared for the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, GNWT Region. Project number 176057. Sanikiluaq, Northwest Territories: Municipality of Sanikiluaq. 114 p.
8. FORBES, G., ROBERTSON, K., OGILVIE, C., and SEDDON, L. 1992. Breeding densities, biogeography, and nest depredation of birds on Igloolik Island, N.W.T. Arctic 45:295-303.
9. FREEMAN, M.M.R. 1970. The birds of the Belcher Islands, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 84:277-290.
10. FURNESS, R.W., ENSOR, K., and HUDSON, A.V. 1992. The use of fisheries waste by gull populations around the British Isles. Ardea 80:105-113.
11. GILCHRIST, H.G. 1998. Declining thick-billed murre, Urialomvia, colonies experience higher gull predation rates: An inter-colony comparison. Biological Conservation 87:21-29.
12. GÖTMARK, F., and ÅHLUND, M. 1988. Nest predation and nest site selection among eiders Somateria mollissima: The influence of gulls. Ibis 130:111-123.
13. HANEY, J.C., and MACDONALD, S.D. 1995. Ivory gull (Pagophila ebernea). Poole, A., and Gill, F., eds. The birds of North America. No. 175. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. 24 p.
14. HOWES, L.A., and MONTEVECCHI, W.A. 1993. Population trends and interactions among terns and gulls in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:1516-1520.
15. KISTCHINSKI, A.A., and FLINT, V.E. 1974. On the biology of the spectacled eider. Wildfowl 25:5-15.
16. KOMDEUR, J., BERTELSEN, J., and CRACKNELL, G. 1992. Manual for aeroplane and ship surveys of waterfowl and seabirds. Special Publication 19. Slimbridge, United Kingdom: International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau. 37 p.
17. KRESS, S. 1983. The use of decoys, sound recordings, and gull control for re-establishing a tern colony in Maine. Colonial Waterbirds 6:185-196.
18. MANNING, T.H. 1976. Birds and mammals of the Belcher, Sleeper, Ottawa, and King George Islands, N.W.T. Canadian Wildlife Service Occasional Paper No. 28. Ottawa: Canadian Wildlife Service. 40 p.
19. McDONALD, M., and FLEMING, B. 1990. Development of a community-based eider down industry in Sanikiluaq: Resource management and business strategies. A report prepared for the Canada-Northwest Territories Economic Development Agreement Project Number 561 510. Sanikiluaq, Northwest Territories: Municipality of Sanikiluaq. 60 p.
20. McDONALD, M., ARRAGUTAINAQ, L., and NOVALINGA, Z. 1997. Voices from the Bay: Traditional ecological knowledge of Inuit and Cree in the Hudson Bay bioregion. Ottawa: Canadian Arctic Resources Committee.
21. MEHLUM, F. 1991. Egg predation in a breeding colony of the common eider Somateria mollissima in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter 195:37-45.
22. MORRIS, R.D., and HUNTER, R.A. 1976. Factors influencing desertion of colony sites by common terns (Sterna hirundo). Canadian-Field Naturalist 90:137-143.
23. MORRIS, R.D., KIRKHAM, I.R., and CHARDINE, J.D. 1980. Management of a declining tern colony. Journal of Wildlife Managment 44:241-245.
24. MORRIS, R.D., BLOKPOEL, H., and TESSIER, G.D. 1992. Management efforts for the conservation of common terns Sterna hirundo colonies in the Great Lakes: Two case histories. Biological Conservation 60:7-14.
25. MUNRO, J., and BÉDARD, J. 1977. Gull predation and crèching behaviour in the common eider. Journal of Animal Ecology 46:799-810.
26. NAKASHIMA, D.J., and MURRAY, D.J. 1988. The common eider (Somateria mollissima sedentaria) of eastern Hudson Bay: A survey of nest colonies and Inuit ecological knowledge. Environmental Studies Revolving Funds Report No. 102. Ottawa. 198 p.
27. NISBET, I.C.T. 1973. Terns in Massachusetts: Present numbers and historical changes. Bird-Banding 44:50-58.
28. PIEROTTI, R., and ANNETT, C.A. 1991. Diet choice in the herring gull: Constraints imposed by reproductive and ecological factors. Ecology 72:319-328.
29. PIEROTTI, R., and GOOD, T.P. 1994. Herring gull (Larus argentatus). Poole, A., and Gill, F., eds. The birds of North America. No. 124. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union. 27 p.
30. PONS, J.M. 1992. Effects of changes in the availability of human refuse on breeding parameters in a herring gull (Larus argentatus) population in Britanny, France. Ardea 80:143-150.
31. REGEHR, H.M., and MONTEVECCHI, W.A. 1997. Interactive effects of food shortage and predation on breeding failure of black-legged kittiwakes: Indirect effects of fisheries activities and implications for indicator species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 155:249-260.
32. ROBERTSON, G.J., and COOKE, F. 1993. Intraclutch egg-size variation and hatching success in the common eider. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:544-549.
33. ROBERTSON, G.J., and GILCHRIST, H.G. 1998. Evidence of population declines among common eiders breeding in the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories. Arctic 51:378-385.
34. SCHENKEVELD, L.E., and YDENBERG, R.C. 1985. Synchronous diving by surf scoter flocks. Canadian Journal of Zoology 63:2516-2519.
35. SIBLY, R.M., and McCLEERY, R.H. 1983. The distribution between feeding sites of herring gulls breeding at Walney Island, U.K. Journal of Animal Ecology 52:51-68.
36. SPAANS, A.L. 1971. On the feeding ecology of the herring gull Larus argentatus Pont. in the northern part of the Netherlands. Ardea 65:25-42.
37. SPENDELOW, J.A., NICHOLS, J.D., NISBET, I.C.T., HAYS, H., CORMONS, G.D., BURGER, J., SAFINA, C., HINES, J.E., and GOCHFELD, M. 1995. Estimating annual survival and movment rates of adults within a metapopulation of roseate terns. Ecology 76:2415-2428.
38. STEWART-OATEN, A. 1995. Rules and judgements in statistics: Three examples. Ecology 76:2001-2009.
39. SWENNEN, C. 1989. Gull predation upon eider Somateria mollissima ducklings: Destruction or elimination of the unfit? Ardea 77:21-44.
40. ZAR, J.H. 1984. Biostatistical analysis. Toronto: Prentice-Hall.