
%0 Journal Article
%A Briggs, SV 
%A Brown, BK 
%A Maher, MT 
%A Brickhill, JG 
%A Kingsford, RT 
%T Mortality of MAned Duck and Grey Teal during the 1982 Open Season at Barrenbox Swamp, N.S.W
%J Wildlife Research
%D 1983/10/01
%V 10
%N 3
%P 537-541
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9830537
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/WR9830537 
%X Mortality of maned duck and grey teal due to hunting at Barrenbox Swamp in New South Wales in 1982 was estimated from band returns. Birds were marked a short while before the open season commenced. The mortality rates were 33.0% in maned duck and 10.9% in grey teal on opening morning, and 41.0% and 14.3% for the season. The validity of the estimates is discussed. Barrenbox Swamp is a popular hunting site and a permanent wetland. Hunting mortality at the level recorded for maned duck in this study could be detrimental to waterfowl during droughts, when populations concentrate on such permanent waters. 
