Efficiency of using implantable PTT’s in white-winged scoters in Alaska (an element of SDJV Project #1: Seasonal distribution of scoters in Alaska)
Project Number: 1.2
Year Funded: 2002
Lead Institution(s): Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Project Lead: Dan Rosenberg
Collaborator(s): USFWS, Yukon Flats NWR, UAF
Location: Alaska
Focal Species: White-winged Scoter (Melanitta delgandi)
Project Description: Since 1977, numbers of all scoters (M. Spp.) breeding in Alaska and western Canada have declined. Causes of these declines are unknown. Satellite telemetry can help researchers identify discreet population units by identifying key migration routes, timing of movements, and affiliations between specific wintering, and breeding and molting sites. This information will help researchers and managers focus efforts to identify causes of population change.
Project Reports: https://seaduckjv.org/pdf/studies/pr1b.pdf