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MIGRATORY BIRD MANAGEMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COOLING IN NORTHERN CLIMATES

Pages 111-120 | Published online: 23 Jan 2013
 

Abstract

Migratory birds overwintering at Lake Wabamun, Alberta, were investigated. Data are given on numbers and species composition. Overwintering mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were studied in detail. Open water appears to be the major factor causing mallards to overwinter. Overwintering mallard populations for 1976–77 and 1977–78 were approximately 3,000 and 700 birds respectively. Sex ratios tend to be biased towards males because of the greater tendency for females to migrate and higher mortality for those females remaining. Problems and opportunities available to resource managers as a result of warm water effluent are discussed.

On a étudié les oiseaux migrateurs qui passent l’hiver à Lake Wabamun en Alberta. Les données sur le nombre de chaque espèce qu’on y trouvé sont presentées. Le Canard malard (Anus platyrhunchos) à été étudie en profondeur. On estime que 3,000 et 700 respectivement ont passé les hivers de 1976–77 et 1977–78 sur Lac Wabamun. On trouve plus de mâles dans la population parce que les femelles commencent la migration plus tôt et en plus grand nombre que les mâles. En plus, les femelles qui restent souffrent d’un plus grand taux de mortalité. Une discussion est présentée sur les problèmes et les possibilités ouverts aux administrateurs de la ressource a cause de l’effluent d’eau chaude.

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