Two species listed as threatened in Alaska, the Steller Eider (Somateria fischeri) and
Spectacled Eider (Polysticta stellrri), also winter in these islands (Sowls 1997).
Key words:
Spectacled Eider; Somateria fischeri; Kigigak Island; Ayopechan Island; annual survival rate; recapture probabilities
In 2007, the Council took final action to close large areas in the Bering Sea to bottom trawling, and the closures overlap with Steller's and
spectacled eider critical habitat (NPFMC, 2007; Fig.
Four species of ice sea - ringed, bearded, harp and ribbon Four species of whale - grey, beluga, bowhead and narwhal Sea butterfly Three species of seabirds - Kittlitz's murrelet,
spectacled eider and ivory gull Caribou/reindeer Musk ox (ANI)
Lead poisoning is known to affect a related species, the
spectacled eider, as well as other waterfowl.
How about a fine-lined pocketbook, orangefoot pimpleback, or
spectacled eider?
10:45 ASSAY DEVELOPMENT AND MEASUREMENT OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN G (IGG) LEVELS IN THE
SPECTACLED EIDER (SOMATERIU FISCHERI)
To date, researchers have not found a direct link between such artificially inflated fox populations and the decline of threatened birds that range in the Prudhoe Bay area, such as the
spectacled eider. But, says one Alaska scientist, "the impact of oil field development is more subtle than you would think."
The threatened steller sea lion and
spectacled eider, the endangered peregrine falcon, and a unique species of black bear called the glacier or blue bear roam through the wilds of this national park.
The distribution range of two other species of eider duck, the king eider (Somateria spectabilis) and the
spectacled eider (S.
FAKE EGG Now Ursus has found a
spectacled eider's nest (left).