Lead Institution(s): US Geological Survey
Project Lead: Sandra Talbot
Collaborator(s): Matthew Perry (USGS), Fred Broerman (USFWS),
Focal Species: Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Project Description: This project aimed to (1) identify individual Black Scoters nesting at Aropuk Lake, Alaska, through genetic techniques using nest feathers, and estimate annual female survival using a mark-recapture approach, (2) use the same markers to examine population delineation in Black Scoter using samples collected in different locations and time periods, and (3) characterize the population genetic characteristics of the Black Scoter population nesting at Aropuk Lake.
SDJV46 Interim Report FY04
SDJV46 Final Report FY05
Related Publications and Datasets
Sonsthagen, S. A., R. E. Wilson, P. Lavretsky, and S. L. Talbot. 2019. Coast to coast: High genomic connectivity in North American scoters. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 9:7246–7261. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5297
Sonsthagen, S.A., Pierson, B.J., Wilson, R.E., and Talbot, S.L., 2020, Scoter (Melanitta sp.) ddRAD SNP and microsatellite genetic data, North America and Europe, 1977-2012: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9W7H2JK
