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

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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.