Continental-scale Analysis of Sea Duck Telemetry Data

Project Number: 155

Year Funded: 2019

Lead Institution(s): University of Rhode Island

Project Lead: Juliet Lamb

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Collaborator(s): Scott McWilliams (URI), Peter Paton (URI), Jay Osenkowski (RIDEM), Clara Cooper-Mullin (URI)

Location: Atlantic Flyway, Great Lakes

Focal Species: Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Black Scoter (Melanitta americana), Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), White-winged Scoter (Melanitta delgandi)

Project Description: The focus of our project was to synthesize and summarize multi-species sea duck telemetry data from the Atlantic and Great Lakes Sea Duck Migration Study, supplemented by tracking data from Pacific sea duck populations. Our main goals were to identify and quantify use of key habitat areas and migration routes, identify population units, and provide recommendations for monitoring and management.

Project Reports:

Interim Report FY21

Publications:

Lamb, J.S., C. Cooper-Mullin, S.G. Gilliland, A.M. Berlin, T.D. Bowman, W.S. Boyd, S.E.W. De La Cruz, D. Esler, J.R. Evenson, P. Flint, C. Lepage, D.E. Meattey, J.E. Osenkowski, P.W.C. Paton, M.C. Perry, D. Rosenberg, J-P. L. Savard, L. Savoy, J. Schamber, D.H. Ward, J.Y. Takekawa, and S.R. McWilliams. 2024. Evaluating conservation units using network analysis: A sea duck case study. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 22: e2648. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2648

Lamb, J.S., S.G. Gilliland, J-P.L. Savard, P.H. Loring, S.R. McWilliams, G.H. Olsen, J.E. Osenkowski, P.W.C. Paton, M.C. Perry, and T.D. Bowman. 2021. Annual-cycle movements and phenology of black scoters in eastern North America. The Journal of Wildlife Management 85(8):1628-1645. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22125

Lamb, J.S., P.W.C. Paton, J.E. Osenkowski, S.S. Badzinski, A.M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L.J. Fara, S.G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M.L. Mallory, G.H. Olsen, M.C. Perry, S.A. Petrie, J-P.L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C.S. Spiegel, and S.R. McWilliams. 2020. Implanted satellite transmitters affect sea duck movement patterns at short and long timescales. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 122:1-16. https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duaa029

Lamb, J.S., P.W.C. Paton, J.E. Osenkowski, S.S. Badzinski, A.M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L.J. Fara, S.G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M.L. Mallory, G.H. Olsen, M.C. Perry, S.A. Petrie, J-P.L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C.S. Spiegel, and S.R. McWilliams. 2020. Assessing year-round habitat use by migratory sea ducks in a multi-species context reveals seasonal variation in habitat selection and partitioning. Ecography 43:1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05003

Lamb, J.S., P.W.C. Paton, J.E. Osenkowski, S.S. Badzinski, A.M. Berlin, T. Bowman, C. Dwyer, L.J. Fara, S.G. Gilliland, K. Kenow, C. Lepage, M.L. Mallory, G.H. Olsen, M.C. Perry, S.A. Petrie, J-P.L. Savard, L. Savoy, M. Schummer, C.S. Spiegel, and S.R. McWilliams. 2019. Spatially explicit network analysis reveals multi-species annual cycle movement patterns of sea ducks. Ecological Applications 0(0):e01919. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1919

Links:

Atlantic Great Lakes Sea Duck Migration Study