Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program:
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Staff Member

Dr. Rebecca Bentzen

Post Doc
Email: rlmcguire@alaska.edu

Education

  • Ph D University of Alaska, Fairbanks 2009

Biography

Breeding and population ecology of King Eiders

Research Publications Publication Date
Powell, A.N., R. Bentzen, and R. Suydam. 2018. Migration trends for king and common eiders and yellow-billed loons past Point Barrow in a rapidly changing environment. Final OCS Study BOEM 2018-059. December 2018
McGuire, R., R. Suydam, L. Quakenbush, and A. Powell. 2019. Population trends of king and common eiders from spring migration counts at Point Barrow, Alaska between 1994 and 2016 Polar Biology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-019-02581-6 September 2019
Bentzen, R.L., A.N. Powell, T.D. Williams, and A.S. Kitaysky. 2009. Characterizing the nutritional strategy of incubating king eiders Somateria spectabilis in northern Alaska. Journal of Avian Biology 39:683-690. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.0442.x. April 2009
Bentzen, R., A. Powell, and R. Suydam. 2009. Strategies for nest site selection by king eiders. Journal of Wildlife Management 73(6):932-938. DOI: 10.2193/2008-411. September 2009
Bentzen, R. and A. N. Powell. 2012. Population dynamics of king eiders breeding in Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 76(5):1011-1020, DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.335 | Publisher Website February 2012
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, and R. S. Suydam. 2008. Factors influencing nesting success of king eiders on northern Alaska's coastal plain. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1781-1789. December 2008
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, T. D. Williams, and A. S. Kitaysky. 2008. Characterizing the nutritional strategy of incubating king eiders Somateria spectabilis in northern Alaska. Journal of Avian Biology 39:683-690. December 2008
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, L. M. Phillips, and R. S. Suydam. 2010. Incubation behavior of king eiders on the coastal plain of northern Alaska. Polar Biology 33(8): 1075-1082, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0787-y. October 2009
Bentzen, R. L. and A. N. Powell. 2015. Dispersal, movements and site fidelity of post-fledging King Eiders Somateria spectabilis and their attendant females. Ibis 157:133-146. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12217. | Download November 2014
Project Completion Date
At-Sea Location of Juvenile and First-Year King Eiders, dated Aporil 3, 2008 December 2011
Migration Trends for King and Common Eiders and Yellow-billed Loons Past Point Barrow in a rapidly changing environment December 2018
Assessing shorebird use of lagoons in Cape Krusenstern National Monument December 2018
Presentations Presentation Date
Powell, A. N., R. Bentzen, and S. Oppel. 2013. Survival, site use, and fidelity of king eiders: a large, multiple year study. 29 January, North American Duck Symposium, Memphis, TN. January 2013
M. L. Boldenow, R. B. Lanctot, A. N. Powell, R. Porter, S. Freeman, S. Brown, R. McGuire, J. Cunningham, W. English, K. Grond, E. Kwon, D. B. Lank, C. Latty, V. Lovarti, D. Payer, S. Saalfeld, B. K. Sandercock, and A. S. Kitaysky. Impacts of austral summer stress exposure on the migration behavior and reproductive performance of a calidrid shorebird. Western Hemisphere Shorebird Group Meeting, Sackville, NB. August 2024
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, and R. Suydam. 2017. Migration trends for king and common eiders past Point Barrow, Alaska. 9 February, 6th International Seaduck Conference, San Francisco, CA. February 2017
Bentzen, R. L., A. N. Powell, and R. S. Suydam. 2017. Migration trends for king and common eiders past Point Barrow, Alaska. 27 January, Coastal Marine Institute Annual Studies Review, Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. January 2017
Bentzen, R. L. and A. N. Powell. 2014. Dispersal, movements, and site fidelity of post-fledging king eiders and their attending females. 5th International Seaduck Conference, Reykjavík, Iceland September 2014
Technical Publications Publication Date
Powell, A. N., R. Suydam, and R. L. McGuire. 2005. Breeding biology of king eiders on the coastal plain of northern Alaska. Final Report MMS #2005-060. Coastal Marine Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. December 2005