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Evaluation of the effectiveness of light streamer tori-lines and characteristics of bait attacks by seabirds in the western North Pacific. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 To improve the effectiveness of tori-lines it is necessary to evaluate the ability of tori-lines to mitigate seabird bycatch and determine what kind of seabird species gather during line settings, attack the bait and are incidentally caught. We conducted
Noriyosi Sato +3 more
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Population Trend of the World's Monitored Seabirds, 1950-2010. [PDF]
PLoS 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
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The marine avifauna of Matthew and Hunter Islands, two remote volcanoes of the New Hebrides chain
Arxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 2023 Breeding birds recorded on Matthew and Hunter Islands in the tropical southwestern Pacific between 1973 and 2018 are summarised from a compilation of reports, for which various methods were used for counting seabirds.
P. Borsa, J. Baudat-Franceschi
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FACETS, 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
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Parasitology, 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
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Avian 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
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Chick Provisioning in Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) under Environmental Stress
Birds, 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
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Scientia 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
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Animals, 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
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Risk Factors for Seabird Bycatch in a Pelagic Longline Tuna Fishery.
PLoS ONE, 2016 Capture in global pelagic longline fisheries threatens the viability of some seabird populations. The Hawaii longline tuna fishery annually catches hundreds of seabirds, primarily Laysan (Phoebastria immutabilis) and black-footed (P.
Eric Gilman +3 more
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