Document

Title

Waterfowl production and effects of fire on wetlands in the Pah River Flats
Document Type: Report
Author(s): Randi R. Jandt; Anne E. Morkill
Publication Year: 1994

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • brood surveys
  • fire
  • Pah River Flats
  • waterfowl
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Record Maintained By:
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Record Last Modified: December 3, 2015
FRAMES Record Number: 5892

Description

Waterfowl brood surveys were conducted in the Pah River Flats, Alaska during July of 1993. Although spring flooding was extensive, duck production was greater than previous estimates from 1989. A large portion of the study area had burned in a lightning-caused wildfire in the summer of 1992. Some features of waterfowl production and aquatic vegetation in burned and unburned ponds were compared. A brief review of some effects of fire on waterfowl proposed in the literature is included.

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Citation:
Jandt, Randi R.; Morkill, Anne E. 1994. Waterfowl production and effects of fire on wetlands in the Pah River Flats. BLM Open File Report 50. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. 16 pp.