Marine birds of the Hell Gate Polynya, Nunavut, Canada

Polar Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION ROUTE; POLYNYA; SEABIRD;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA HROTA; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS THAYERI; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS;

EID: 22944438408     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2005.tb00142.x     Document Type: Article

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