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The incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) into North Atlantic seabird populations: an interim report from the 15th International Seabird Group conference [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak devastated populations of North Atlantic seabirds in the 2022 breeding season. Positive cases of HPAI in seabirds were previously reported in Great Skuas Stercorarius skua colonies in the 2021 ...
Tyler, Glen   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Population Trend of the World's Monitored Seabirds, 1950-2010. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
Seabird population changes are good indicators of long-term and large-scale change in marine ecosystems, and important because of their many impacts on marine ecosystems.
Michelle Paleczny   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recent changes in the diet and survival of Atlantic puffin chicks in the face of climate change and commercial fishing in midcoast Maine, USA

open access: yesFACETS, 2016
We examined the diet of Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) chicks at three midcoast Maine, USA, colonies during the years 2005–2014 and found that the puffins at each island have a distinct diet that has changed in recent years.
Stephen W. Kress   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Haemoproteus jenniae (Haemoproteidae, Haemosporida) infects gulls (Larus spp.) in South Africa, with redescription of Haemoproteus skuae

open access: yesParasitology, 2023
Haemoproteus spp. are dipteran-borne protozoa that infect erythrocytes and reticulo-endothelial cells of birds. These parasites are not usually transmitted between birds belonging to different orders.
Ralph E. T. Vanstreels   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chick Provisioning in Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) under Environmental Stress

open access: yesBirds, 2022
Grey-faced Petrels (Pterodroma gouldi) are colonial burrowing seabirds predominantly nesting on offshore islands of the upper North Island of New Zealand.
James C. Russell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Post-collision impacts, crippling bias, and environmental bias in a study of Newell's Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel powerline collisions

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology, 2021
Powerline collisions have been identified on Kaua'i as a potential contributing factor to the large-scale decline of both Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), but the scale of the powerline collision ...
Marc S. Travers   +10 more
doaj  

Fatty Acids Composition of Stomach Oil of Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) from Linosa’s Colony

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Calonectris diomedea is a Procellariforms seabird having a very representative colony in Linosa Island (Southern Italy). The adult forms of C. diomedea produce a pasty oil from their proventriculus to feed their chicks during the rearing period.
Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesian waters: a review and a way forward

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2003
A country-by-country review of seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and in Macaronesian waters shows a paucity of data. Of 12 Mediterranean countries known to undertake longlining, seabird mortality is only reported for six ...
John Cooper   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leaving more than footprints: Anthropogenic nutrient subsidies to a protected area

open access: yesEcosphere, 2022
Mobile animals that traverse ecosystem boundaries can fundamentally reshape environments by providing critical nutrient and energy inputs to the ecosystems they inhabit.
A. S. Guerra   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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