Distribution and status of marine birds breeding along the coast of the Chukchi and Bering Seas
Bartonek JC and Sealy SG. 1979. Distribution and status of marine birds breeding along the coast of the Chukchi and Bering Seas. Pages 21-31. In Bartonek JC and Nettleship DN. Conservation of marine birds of northern North America. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wildlife Res. Report 11
(Author's abstract) 'The Alaska coast fronting on the Chuckchi 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 almos 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 unnotices, and if noticed they could not be measured.'
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Bartonek, J; Sealy, S
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR
- Keywords
- Alaska Coast, Animal Studies, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Bering Sea, Birds, Birds (Aves), Burrows, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Chuckchi Sea, Cliffs, Colonies, Distribution, Geese, Marine, Nesting, nesting colonies, Population Status, Seabirds