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A natural history of Digges Sound / A.J. Gaston ... [et al].: CW65-8/46E-PDF

"Digges Sound separates East Digges Island from the northwestern tip of the Ungava Peninsula, Quebec. It has been famous for its huge colonies of Thick-billed Murres since the time of Henry Hudson. The birds and their eggs have been harvested by native peoples for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. During our work from 1979 to 1982 we estimated a population of 300 000 breeding pairs of murres on the cliffs flanking the sound"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canadian Wildlife Service.
TitleA natural history of Digges Sound / A.J. Gaston ... [et al].
Series title
  • Report series ; no. 46
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Issued also in French under the title: Histoire naturelle du détroit de Digges.
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, c1985.
Author / Contributor
  • Gaston, A. J.
Description63 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • CW65-8/46E-PDF
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