Identifying demographic bottlenecks and habitat use to support the recovery and management of American common eider: a range-wide, full life-cycle telemetry project
Project Number: 162
Year Funded: 2021
Lead Institution(s): Ducks Unlimited Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service
Project Lead: Nic McLellan and Scott Gilliland
Collaborator(s): Mark Mallory (Acadia U), Greg Robertson (ECCC), Jean-Francoix Giroux (UQM), Oliver Love (U Windsor), Al Hanson (CWS), Kelsey Sulllivan (Maine DIFW), Lucas Savoy (BRI), Christine Lepage (CWS), Stephane Lair (UDM), Glenn Olsen (USGS)
Location: Atlantic Flyway
Focal Species: Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Project Description: The target population for this project is the American subspecies of the common eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri). The project will address elements of Science Need 1 (Improve understanding of population delineation, migratory connectivity and key habitat use of sea ducks by targeting geographic gaps from previous satellite telemetry studies), Science Need 6 (breeding propensity) and Science Need 11 (evaluation of body condition documented shifts in species distributions). This study will also contribute to future harvest assessments for this population.
Project Reports: https://seaduckjv.org/pdf/studies/162%20FY22%20Annual%20Report%20AmCOEI%20Telemetry.pdf