| Abstract: | The Alaska coast fronting on the Chukchi and Bering seas, exclusive of the Aleutian Islands, supports seven complexes of marine bird colonies numbering more than 1 million birds each, nine colonies of 100,000 to almost 1 million birds, and many smaller colonies. Colonies are found on most headlands and islands and are dominated numerically by alcids and kittiwakes (Rissa sp.). Estuarine habitats (mainly the lowlands of northern Seward Peninsula, Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, and the north side of the Alaska Peninsula) are extremely important for breeding and migrating marine waterfowl, shorebirds, gulls (Larus sp.), and terns (Sterna sp.). Information on population size and distribution of breeding marine birds within this area is extensive for only a few of the more heavily hunted species of waterfowl. Except for the intensive and systematic censusing of a few colonies in this region, population data on cliff-, burrow-, and crevice-nesting birds are such that all but gross changes in numbers may go unnoticed, and if noticed they could not be measured. |
| Genre: | Federal Government Series |
| ProdID: | 2000146 |
| Citation Author: | Bartonek, J. C.; Sealy, S. G. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | Conservation of marine birds of northern North America |
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| Citation Number Of Pages: | 11 |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 21-31 [319 pp.] |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Citation Series: | Research Report |
| Citation Series Code: | RR |
| Citation Series Number: | 11 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Distribution and status of marine birds breeding along the coasts of the Chukchi and Bering seas; 1979; Federal Government Series; RR; 11; Conservation of marine birds of northern North America; Bartonek, J. C.; Sealy, S. G. |
| Citation Start Page: | 21 |
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| Citation Year: | 1979 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Distribution and status of marine birds breeding along the coasts of the Chukchi and Bering seas; 1979; Federal Government Series; RR; 11; Conservation of marine birds of northern North America; Bartonek, J. C.; Sealy, S. G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1979 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
