Determining Night-Time Distribution of Long-Tailed Ducks Using Satellite Telemetry

Source/Sponsor: 
US Minerals Management Service (MMS)
Creator/Author: 
Massachusetts Audubon Society; US Geological Survey (USGS)
Description: 

The study investigated the nighttime roosting locations of long-tailed ducks using satellite telemetry in and around Nantucket Sound offshore Massachusetts. The sample provided no direct evidence that long-tailed ducks used Horseshoe Shoal, the proposed location for the Cape Wind project, as a nightime roosting site.

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Publication Date: 
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
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