The Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused extensive injury to natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico, and Gavia immer (common loon) were negatively affected from the spill. The Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group funded the project Restoration of Common Loons in Minnesota to restore common loons lost to the spill. In 2020–21, study lakes in an eight-county region in north-central Minnesota were identified to focus project activities. In 2023 surveys were conducted on these lakes to monitor common loon territory occupancy, nest success, and chick survival. This dataset includes a summary of total number of artificial nesting platforms (ANP), total number of ANP and natural nests, ANP and natural nest success, total...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Artificial Nest Platform,
Common Loon,
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill,
Gavia immer,
Loon Productivity, All tags...
Minnesota,
Nest Success,
Restoration,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wildlife Biology,
biota, Fewer tags
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