Behaviour and Ecology of Sea Ducks

"In November 1995, the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group held a joint conference in Victoria, British Columbia. On the first day of the conference, a full-day symposium on the biology of sea ducks was held. The papers in this volume were presented at this symposium. It is hoped that by synthesizing this information, more informed management decisions for sea ducks may emerge. The symposium contents help to emphasize the seriousness of some conservation issues facing sea ducks, notably the possible endangerment of the eastern population of Barrow's Goldeneye and the dwindling numbers of eider ducks in the Nearctic, while also providing new data on the behaviour and habitat use of this beautiful group of ducks"--Pref.