Nutritional significance of Copper--Bering Intertidal System to spring-migrating shorebirds breeding in western Alaska. Annual report, April 1, 1977--March 31, 1978

Abstract

Specimens c o l l e c t e d i n 1977 f i e l d season 15 2. Summary o f color-marking a c t i v i t y and r e s u l t s 16 on Western Sandpipers on Kanak I s l a n d 3. ~r e s h , whole w e i g h t s o f Dun1 i n s and western Sandpipers c o l l e c t e d i n the C-BRD system and 17 Kachemak Bay. i n. 1977 4. Mean culmen"1engths o f Dunl-ins and Western. . Sandpipers c o l l e c t e d i n 1976 and 1977 a t Bodega Bay, CAY and in.C-BRD system 18. 5. Mean culn~en lengths o f male Dunlins i n the 19 C-BRD system i n 1976 6. Mean f a t indices o f Dunlins. and Western Sandpipers a t Bodega Bay, CA, and i n ' 20 C-BRD system. . 3: C. . .