Spatial ecology of long‐tailed ducks and white‐winged scoters wintering on Nantucket Shoals

Spatial ecology of long‐tailed ducks and white‐winged scoters wintering on Nantucket Shoals

Abstract We examine the long‐term co‐occurrence of long‐tailed ducks (Clangula hyemalis) and white‐winged scoters (Melanitta fusca) wintering at the Nantucket Shoals off Massachusetts, USA, and ask: (1) What oceanographic features attract these aggregations? (2) How are distributions of prey and sea...

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Main Authors: Timothy P. White, Richard R. Veit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Ecosphere
Subjects:
aerial surveys
Atlantic Ocean
ecotone
feeding ecology
local enhancement
long‐tailed duck
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3002

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3002

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