Waterfowl
PROJECTS / REPORTS
To receive a copy of
a publication or report listed here, please contact:
Migratory Bird Management,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
or call 907-786-3443
Projects and related reports
The
Waterfowl Management Branch conducts many projects each year to keep track of
waterfowl in Alaska. Many of our projects are listed below with links to related
reports. We use innovative aerial survey techniques and geographic information
system analysis for many of our projects. Some of our techniques are reported
in papers published by The Wildlife Society (Locating
waterfowl observations on aerial surveys, GIS
for mapping waterfowl density and distribution from aerial surveys).
Geographic Groups
All over Alaska
Beaufort Sea/Chukchi Sea
Bering Sea
Cook Inlet
Copper River Delta/Chugach National Forest
Interior Alaska
Mexico
Northern Alaska/Northern Canada
Northwest Alaksa
Southeast Alaska/British Columbia
Southwestern Alaska/Alaska Peninsula/Kodiak Island
Yukon Flats
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Publications
2008
Hodges, J.I., D.J. Groves, and B.P.Conant. 2008. Distribution and Abundance of Waterbirds Near Shore in Southeast Alaska, 1997–2002. Northwestern Naturalist: Vol. 89, No. 2 pp. 85–96 (pdf - 3.3mb)
2005
Earnst, S. L., R. A. Stehn, R. M. Platte, W. W. Larned, and E. J. Mallek. 2005. Population size and trend of yellow-billed loons in northern Alaska. Condor 107:289-304. (pdf)
2004
Bowman, T.D. 2004. Field
guide to bird nests and eggs of Alaska's coastal tundra. Alaska Sea Grant College
Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK. (To order go to: http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/bookstore/pubs/SG-ED-44.html)
Bowman,
T.D., R.A. Stehn, and K.T. Scribner. 2004. Glacuous gull predation of goslings
on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. 2004. Condor 106:288-298.
Fischer,
J.B. and W.W. Larned. 2004. Summer distribution of marine birds in the western
Beaufort Sea. Arctic 57:143-159. (pdf)
Hollmen, T.E., J.C.Franson,
P.L Flint, J.B.Grand, R.B. Lanctot, D.C. Docherty, and H.M. Wilson. 2004. An adenovirus
linked to mortality and disease in long-tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis)
in Alaska. Avian Diseases 47:1434-1440.
Wilson,
H.M., M.R.Petersen, and D. Troy. 2004. Concentrations of Heavy Metals and Trace
Elements in King and Spectacled Eiders in Northern Alaska. Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry 23(2) 408–414.
2002
Esler, D., T.D. Bowman, K.A. Trust,
B.E. Ballachey, T.A. Dean, S.C. Jewett, C. Stephen, and C.E. O'Claire. 2002. Harlequin
duck population recovery following the Exxon Valdez oil spill: progress,
process and constraints. Marine Ecology Progress Series 241:271-286.
2001
Hodges,
J. I. and W.D. Eldridge. Aerial surveys of eiders and other waterbirds on the
eastern Arctic coast of Russia. 2001. Wildfowl 52:127-142.
Schmutz,
J.A., B.F. Manly, and C.P. Dau. 2001. Effects of gull predation and weather on
survival of emperor goose goslings. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:248-257.
2000
Dau, C.P., P.L.
Flint, and M.R. Petersen. 2000. Distribution of recoveries of Steller's eiders
banded on the lower Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Field Ornithology 71:541-548.
Esler, D., T.D. Bowman, T.A. Dean, C.E. O'Clair,
S.C. Jewett, and L.L. McDonald. 2000. Correlates of harlequin duck densities during
winter in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Condor 102:920-926.
Esler D, T.D.
Bowman, C.E. O’Clair C, T.A. Dean, and L.L. McDonald. 2000. Densities of Barrow's
goldeneyes during winter in Prince William Sound, Alaska in relation to habitat,
food and history of oil contamination. Waterbirds 23:423-429.
Flint, P.L., M.R. Petersen, C.P. Dau, J.E. Hines, and J.D. Nichols. 2000.
Annual survival and site fidelity of Steller's eiders molting along the Alaska
Peninsula. Journal of Wildlife Management 64: 261-268.
Fischer
J.B. and C.R. Griffin. 2000. Feeding behavior and food habits of wintering harlequin
ducks at Shemya Island, Alaska. Wilson Bulletin 112:318-325.
Petersen, M.R., J.B. Grand, and C.P. Dau. 2000. Spectacled eider (Somateria
fischeri) In The Birds of North America, No. 547 (A. Poole and F. Gill,
eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists’
Union, Washington, D.C.
1999
Conant,
B., J.I. Hodges, D.J. Groves, and J.G. King. 1999. 1995 census of trumpeter swans
on Alaskan nesting habitats. Proc. Pap. Trumpeter Swan Soc. Conf. No. 16: 75-97.
Groves, D.J., B. Conant, W.W. Larned, and D. Logan. 1999. Trumpeter swan
surveys on the Chugach National Forest 1998-an update. North American Swans 28:16-21.
Petersen M.R., W.W. Larned, and D.C. Douglas. 1999. At-sea distribution
of spectacled eiders: a 120-year-old mystery resolved. Auk: a journal of ornithology
116:1009-1020.
1998
Groves, D.J., B. Conant, R.J. King, and D. Logan. 1998.
Trumpeter swan surveys on the Chugach National Forest 1997. North American Swans
27:36-45.
Scribner, K.T. and T.D. Bowman. 1998. Microsatellites identify
depredated waterfowl remains from glaucous gull stomachs. Molecular Ecology 7:1401-1405.
1997
Groves, D.J., B. Conant, and J.I. Hodges. 1997. A summary of Alaska trumpeter
swan surveys 1996. North American Swans 26:45-49. 1997.
Groves,
D.J., B. Conant, R.J. King, and D. Logan. 1997. Trumpeter swan surveys on the
Chugach National Forest 1996. North American Swans 26:38-46.
1996
Hodges, J.I.,
J.G. King, B. Conant, and H.A. Hanson. 1996. Aerial surveys of waterbirds in Alaska
1957-94: Population Trends and Observer Variability. National Biological Service
Information and Technology Report 4.
Groves,
D.J., B. Conant, R.J. King, and D. Logan. 1996. Trumpeter swan surveys on the
Chugach National Forest-1995. Trumpeter Swan Society Newsletter 25:18-21.
Taylor,
B.L., P.R. Wade, R.A. Stehn, and J.F. Cochrane. 1996. A Bayesian approach to classification
criteria for Spectacled Eiders. Ecological Applications 6(4):1077-1089.
1995
Butler,
W. I., Jr., J. I. Hodges, R.A. Stehn. 1995. Locating waterfowl observations on
aerial surveys. Wildlife Society Bulletin 23: 148-154.
Butler, W.I., Jr.,
R.A. Stehn, and G.R. Balogh. 1995. GIS for mapping waterfowl density and distribution
from aerial surveys. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 23:140-147.
1994
Anthony, R.M. and R.A.
Stehn. 1994. Navigating aerial transects with a laptop computer. Wildl. Soc. Bull.
22:125-129.
Bowman, T.D., S.P. Thompson, C.A. Janik, L.J. Dubuc, and S.P.
Thompson. 1994. Nightlighting minimizes investigator disturbance in bird colonies.
Colonial Waterbirds 17:78-82.
Ely, C.R., C.P. Dau, and C.A. Babcock. 1994.
Decline in a population of spectacled eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.
Northwestern Naturalist 75:81-87.
Goudie R.I., S. Brault, B. Conant, A.V.
Kondratyev, M.R. Petersen, and K. Vermeer. 1994. The status of sea ducks in the
North Pacific Rim: Toward their conservation and management. Trans. North Am.
Wildl. Nat. Resources Conf. 59:27-49.
Groves, D.J., B. Conant, and J.I. Hodges. 1994. A summary of Alaska trumpeter swan surveys,
1992. Trumpeter Swan Society Newsletter 23:5-7.
Ward, D.H., R.A. Stehn and
D.V. Derksen. 1994. Response of staging brant to disturbance at Izembek Lagoon,
Alaska. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 22:220-228.
1993
Hodges, John I. 1993. Count – a simulation
for learning to estimate wildlife numbers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 21:96-97.
Stehn, R.A., C.P. Dau, B. Conant, and W. I. Butler, Jr. 1993. Decline of
spectacled eiders nesting in western Alaska. Arctic 46:264-277.
Bowman,
T.D., and P.W Brown. 1992. Site fidelity of male black ducks to a molting area
in Labrador. Journal of Field Ornithology 63:32-34.
1992
Dau, C. P.
1992. The fall migration of Pacific flyway brent Branta bernicula in relation
to climatic conditions. Wildfowl 43:80-95.
1991
Conant B., J. I. Hodges, and
J.G. King. 1991. Continuity and advancement of Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator and Tundra swan Cygnus columbianus population monitoring in Alaska. Wildfowl
Supplement 1:125-136.
1990
Bailey, T. N., M.F. Porter, E.E. Bangs, W.W. Larned,
R.A. Richey, and R.L Delaney. 1990. Summer and migratory movements of trumpeter
swans using the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Pgs 72-91 in D. Compton,
ed., Proceedings and papers of the 11th Trumpeter Swan Society conference. The
Trumpeter Swan Society, Maple Plain, Minnesota.
1989
Bowman,
T.D. and J.R. Longcore. 1989. Survival and movements of molting male black ducks
in Labrador. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:1057-1061.
1988
Conant B., J.G.
King, J.L. Trapp, and J.I. Hodges. 1988. Estimating populations of ducks wintering
in Southeast Alaska. Pg. 541-551 in M.W. Weller, ed. Waterfowl in winter. University
of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stewart R.E., Jr., G.L. Krapu,
B. Conant, H.F. Percival, and D.H. Hall. 1988. Pgs. 613-617 in M.W. Weller, ed.
Waterfowl in winter. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1987
Dau, C.P. 1987. Birds in nearshore waters of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta,
Alaska. Murrelet 68: 12-23.
1985
Conant, B, J.G. King, and H.A. Hansen. 1985.
Sandhill cranes in Alaska. American Birds 39:855-858.
Dau, C.P. 1985. Bird
resources of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. XVIII International Ornithological
Congress, 16-25 August 1982, Moscow, Vol.II, pp.1092-1093 (abstract).
1985
Derksen,
D.V., W.D. Eldridge, M.W. Weller. 1982. Habitat ecology of Pacific black brant
and other geese moulting near Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska. Wildfowl 33:39-57.
1981
Dau,
C. P. 1981. Population structure and productivity of Cygnus columbianus columbianus on the Yukon Delta, Alaska. Pgs. 161-169 in G. V. T. Matthews and M. Smart,
editors, Proceedings second international swan symposium. International Waterfowl
Research Bureau, Slimbridge (Glos.), U.K. 396 pp
Derksen, D.V., T.C. Rothe,
and W.D. Eldridge. Use of wetland habitats by birds in the National Petroleum
Reserve-Alaska. 1981. Resource Publication (United States. Fish and Wildlife Service)
141: 1-27.
King, J.G., and B. Conant. 1981. The 1980 census of trumpeter
swans on Alaskan nesting habitats. American Birds 35:789-793.
King, J.G.
and J.I. Hodges. 1981. A correlation between Cygnus columbianus columbianus territories and water bodies in western Alaska. Pgs. 26-33 in G. V. T. Matthews
and M. Smart, eds. Proceedings second international swan symposium. International
Waterfowl Research Bureau, Slimbridge (Glos.), U.K.
King,
J.G., and C.P. Dau. 1981. Waterfowl and their habitats in the eastern Bering Sea.
Pgs. 739-754 in D.W. Hood and J.A. Calder, editors, The eastern Bering Sea shelf:
Oceanography and Resources. Vol. 2.. Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, NOAA.
Distributed by Univ. Wash. Press, Seattle.
1980
Derksen, D.V. and W.D.
Eldridge. 1980. Drought displacement of pintails to the arctic coastal plain,
Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 44:224-229.
1979
Dau, C.P., and P.G. Mickelson.
1979. Relation of weather to spring migration and nesting of cackling geese on
the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Pg. 94-104 in R.L. Jarvis and J.C. Bartonek,
eds., Management and biology of Pacific flyway geese.
King, J.G. and J.I.
Hodges. 1979. A preliminary analysis of goose banding on Alaska’s arctic slope.
Pgs. 176-188 in R.L Jarvis and J.C. Baronek eds, Management and biology of Pacific
flyway geese.
Timm,
D.E, and C.P. Dau. 1979. Productivity, mortality, distribution and population
status of Pacific flyway white-fronted geese. Pgs 280-298 in R.L. Jarvis and J.C.
Bartonek, eds., Management and biology of Pacific flyway geese. Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon.
1978
Dau, C. P. 1978. Observations on helminth parasites
of the spectacled eider, Somateria fischeri (Brant), in Alaska. Canadian
Journal of Zoology 56:1882-1885.
1977
Dau, C. P., S.A. Kistchinski, and A.A.
Kistchinski. 1977. Seasonal movements and distribution of the spectacled eider.
Wildfowl 28:65-75.
1976
Dau, C. P. 1976. Capturing and marking spectacled eiders
in Alaska. Bird Banding 47:273.
Dau, C.P. 1976. Clutch sizes of
the spectacled eider on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wildfowl 27:111-113.
Milne, H. and C. P. Dau. 1976. A bibliography of eiders. FAUNE No. 20,
Quebec Wildlife Service. 248p.
1975
Dau, C.P. 1975. Occurrence and possible
significance of an abnormal plumage in spectacled eider. Murrelet 56:17.
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