The red-throated loon as an indicator of environmental quality / D. Lynne Dickson.: CW69-1/73E-PDF

"A monitoring study was initiated in the mid-1980s to determine the effects of future offshore oil and gas production on the birds that use the coastal areas of the Beaufort Sea. The primary objective of the five-year predevelopment phase of the study was to determine the natural annual fluctuations in the abundance, breeding effort, and breeding success of the study's indicator species, the Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Canadian Wildlife Service.
Title The red-throated loon as an indicator of environmental quality / D. Lynne Dickson.
Series title Occasional paper ; no. 73
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Issued also in French under title: Le huart à gorge rousse comme indicateur de la qualité de l'environnement.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, c1992.
Author / Contributor Dickson, D. Lynne.
Description 20 p. : charts.
Catalogue number
  • CW69-1/73E-PDF
Subject terms Aquatic birds
Gas industry
Petroleum industry
Environmental impact
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