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Shifting Bird Distribution Indicates Changing Arctic
2016-06-02 22:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Eurasia Review: A male Spectacled Eider wears a surgically implanted satellite transmitter after its release in northern Alaska. Shifts in the distribution of Spectacled Eiders, a predatory bird at the top of the Bering Sea`s benthic food web, indicate possible changes in the Arctic`s marine ecosystem, according to new research in The Condor: Ornithological Applications. Matt Sexson of the USGS Alaska Science Center and his colleagues compared recent satellite telemetry data from molting eiders with data from...
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