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Gunn,
A. 1990. Distribution and abundance of muskoxen between Bathurst
Inlet and Contwoyto Lake, NWT, 1986. 28 pp.
ABSTRACT
We
conducted a systematic strip transect survey for muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from the northeast side of Contwoyto Lake to Bathurst
Inlet, Northwest Territories.
The estimate of 3,400 + 460 (S.E.) was based on 641
muskoxen (non-calves) counted on transect between 28 August and 8
September, 1986.
The estimate supports the observations of hunters that muskoxen
have recolonized the area around Contwoyto Lake. There have no been
comparable surveys to measure the rate of increase of muskoxen in the
area. The east side of Bathurst Inlet was not
surveyed but a compilation of sightings also indicates a muskox
recolonization of that area.
Muskoxen were mostly distributed in uplands and there were
concentrations west of Bathurst Lake and in the high
ground above the Burnside and Hood rivers.
The proportion of calves to total muskoxen counted on transect
was low (12.0%).
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