Testing the ‘demographic independence’ of molting groups using Common Mergansers on the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Project Number: 88
Year Funded: 2006
Lead Institution(s): Alaska Science Center
Project Lead: John Pearce
Collaborator(s): Denny Zweifelhofer (Kodiak NWR)
Location: Alaska
Focal Species: Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Project Description: A one-year project to: (1) continue banding of birds for estimation of survival probability at Karluk Lake, and (2) further establish the genetic origins of molting male Common Mergansers on Kodiak Island, Alaska and search for recaptures at molt locations adjacent to Karluk Lake.
Project Reports: https://seaduckjv.org/pdf/studies/pr88.pdf