Temporal and Geographic Distribution of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Common Eider: Rat and Andreanof Islands and Near Islands

Project Number: 79

Year Funded: 2007

Lead Institution(s): Alaska Science Center

Project Lead: Margaret R. Petersen

Email: mrpetersen@usgs.gov

Collaborator(s): G. Vernon Byrd (USFWS), USGS, AMNWR, USAF, MGM

Location: Alaska

Focal Species: Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Project Description: The primary objectives of this study were to locate and describe staging, molting, and wintering areas and describe key habitat features of areas used by the Aleutian Islands population of common eiders. This study gathered data from 26 individuals during a 2-year period using satellite telemetry.

Project Reports:

SDJV79 Interim Report FY06
SDJV79 Interim Report FY07
SDJV79 Final Report FY08

Related Publications

Petersen, M. R., G. V. Byrd, S. A. Sonsthagen, and M. G. Sexson. 2015. Re-colonization by common eiders Somateria mollissima in the Aleutian Archipelago following removal of introduced arctic foxes Vulpes lagopus. Journal of Avian Biology 46:538–549. https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jav.00626

Petersen, M.R., Flint, P.L., Mulcahy, D.M., Douglas, D.C., 2021, Tracking data for Common Eiders (Somateria mollissima) (ver 1.0, September 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JH3EXV

Temporal and Geographic Distribution of the Aleutian Islands Pacific Common Eider: Rat and Andreanof Islands and Near Islands