Banding of thick-billed murres at Akpatok Island, Ungava Bay

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: biology, birds, wildlife mortality, waterfowl

chercheur principal: Chapdelaine, Gilles (2)
Nᵒ de permis: 12500
Organisation: Canadian Wildlife Service
Année(s) de permis: 1993 1987
Délivré: janv. 01, 1993
Équipe de projet: P. Brousseau, C. Drolet, A. Bourget, G. Donaldson, M. Hipsner, S. Perrin

Objectif(s): To revisit study plots established in 1987 in order to investigate changes in the population of thick-billed murres; to band chicks and adults to determine levels of mortality incurred during the `turr' hunt in Newfoundland.

Description du projet: The researchers will return to Akpatok Island in order to gather information on the biology of these seabirds. This study will increase knowledge on population size, the effects of the annual `turr' hunt in Newfoundland on this population, and where thick-billed murres overwinter in the south.