Population declines of King and Common Eiders of the Beaufort Sea

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 219-222

  Suydam, Robert S ^a   Dickson, D Lynne ^b   Fadely, Janey B ^c   Quakenbush, Lori T ^c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Common Eider; King Eider; Mortality; Population trend; Somateria mollissima v nigra; Somateria spectabilis

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0033963806     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370428     Document Type: Article

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