Nocturnal Foraging by Red-Legged Kittiwakes, a Surface Feeding Seabird That Relies on Deep Water Prey During Reproduction. by Nobuo Kokubun, Takashi Yamamoto, Dale M Kikuchi, Alexander Kitaysky, Akinori Takahashi

“…Red-legged kittiwakes are presumed to be a nocturnal surface-foraging seabird that feed almost entirely on deep water Myctophidae fishes. …”
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Predicting Seabird Foraging Habitat for Conservation Planning in Atlantic Canada: Integrating Telemetry and Survey Data Across Thousands of Colonies by Robert A. Ronconi, Robert A. Ronconi, David J. Lieske, Laura A. McFarlane Tranquilla, Sue Abbott, Karel A. Allard, Brad Allen, Amie L. Black, François Bolduc, Gail K. Davoren, Gail K. Davoren, Antony W. Diamond, David A. Fifield, Stefan Garthe, Carina Gjerdrum, April Hedd, April Hedd, Mark L. Mallory, Robert A. Mauck, Julie McKnight, William A. Montevecchi, Ingrid L. Pollet, Ingrid L. Pollet, Isabeau Pratte, Isabeau Pratte, Jean-François Rail, Paul M. Regular, Paul M. Regular, Gregory J. Robertson, Jennifer C. Rock, Lucas Savoy, Lucas Savoy, Katherine R. Shlepr, Dave Shutler, Stephanie C. Symons, Philip D. Taylor, Philip D. Taylor, Sabina I. Wilhelm

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Inter-Specific and Intra-Specific Competition of Two Sympatrically Breeding Seabirds, Chinstrap and Gentoo Penguins, at Two Neighboring Colonies by Won Young Lee, Seongseop Park, Kil Won Kim, Jeong-Hoon Kim, Jong-Ku Gal, Hosung Chung

“…To test the hypothesis that intra-specific competition is more intense than inter-specific competition owing to a lack of niche partitioning, we estimated the foraging area and diving depths of two colonial seabird species at two neighboring colonies. Using GPS and time-depth recorders, we tracked foraging space use of sympatric breeding Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins at Ardley Island (AI) and Narębski Point (NP) at King George Island, Antarctica. …”
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Between‐year and spatial variation in body condition across the breeding cycle in a pelagic seabird, the Red‐billed Tropicbird by Annalea Beard, Robert J. Thomas, Renata Medeiros Mirra, Elizabeth Clingham, Leeann Henry, Sarah Saldanha, Jacob González‐Solís, Frank Hailer

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Little auks under the midnight sun: diel activity rhythm of a small diving seabird during the Arctic summer by Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas, Piotr Wąż, Dariusz Jakubas

“…Here, we examine periodicity and patterns of daily activity (colony attendance and foraging) in a High-Arctic seabird, the little auk (Alle alle). We demonstrated a regular rhythm of colony attendance at the population level, with birds being the most abundant in the colony during hours of relatively low sun elevation. …”
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Differential responses of seabirds to environmental variability over 2 years in the continental shelf and oceanic habitats of southeastern Bering Sea by T. Yamamoto, N. Kokubun, D. M. Kikuchi, N. Sato, A. Takahashi, A. P. Will, A. S. Kitaysky, Y. Watanuki

“…George Island, the largest seabird colony in the region, were recorded using GPS loggers, and blood samples were taken to examine their physiological condition and isotopic foraging niche in a given year. …”
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Nestboxes augment seabird breeding performance in a high‐density colony: Insight from 15 years of monitoring data by Brian Burke, Darren P. O'Connell, David Kinchin‐Smith, Síofra Sealy, Stephen F. Newton

“…Abstract The provision of artificial nest structures is used in the conservation of a broad range of bird groups including raptors, owls, ducks, passerines and seabirds, with varying degrees of success. Artificial nestboxes have been provided to increase the density and breeding success of Roseate Tern pairs at colonies in north‐west Europe and the eastern seaboard of the USA and Canada, but their effect on breeding productivity has never been comprehensively quantified. …”
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Looming-eyes buoys fail to reduce seabird bycatch in the Icelandic lumpfish fishery: depth-based fishing restrictions are an alternative by Yann Rouxel, Hólmfríður Arnardóttir, Steffen Oppel

“…Bycatch in gillnets from lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) fisheries is an important conservation issue in the north Atlantic, with up to 30 000 seabirds potentially killed each year. To date, no technical solutions exist to reduce the bycatch of seabirds in gillnet fisheries, but research on above-water bird deterrents as a form of bycatch mitigation has shown promising results. …”
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Assessing the importance of individual- and colony-level variation when using seabird foraging ranges as impact assessment and conservation tools by Cleasby, IR, Owen, E, Butler, A, Baer, J, Blackburn, J, Bogdanova, MI, Coledale, T, Daunt, F, Dodd, S, Evans, JC, Green, JA, Guilford, T, Harris, MP, Hughes, R, Newell, MA, Newton, SF, Robertson, GS, Ruffino, L, Shoji, A, Soanes, LM, Votier, SC, Wakefield, ED, Wanless, S, Wilson, LJ, Bolton, M

“…<p>Knowledge of seabird distributions plays a key role in seabird conservation and sustainable marine management, underpinning efforts to designate protected areas or assess the impact of human developments. …”

Simultaneous multi-colony tracking of a pelagic seabird reveals cross-colony utilization of a shared foraging area by Dean, B, Kirk, H, Guilford, T, al., E

“…Here, we present a large (528 foraging trips, 169 individuals), multi-year, multi-colony GPS tracking dataset mostly collected simultaneously at 4 breeding colonies across the core breeding range of a colonially breeding pelagic seabird, the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus. Foraging areas were identified by filtering GPS locations (using speed, time of day, and turning angle), validated on a subset of 25 birds carrying co-deployed depth loggers to maximise inclusion of foraging and feeding behaviour. …”

Flexibility of foraging strategies of the great skua Stercorarius skua breeding in the largest colony in the Barents Sea region by Dariusz Jakubas, Lech M. Iliszko, Hallvard Strøm, Halfdan H. Helgason, Lech Stempniewicz

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Investigation of Babesia sp. in pygoscelid penguins at the South Shetland Islands by Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Francisco C. Ferreira Junior, Daniela de Angeli Dutra, Sabrina Epiphanio, Érika M. Braga, Pierre A. Pistorius, José Luiz Catão-Dias

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Energetic consequences of prey type in little penguins (Eudyptula minor) by Natalie Petrovski, Grace J. Sutton, John P. Y. Arnould

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Potential threats facing a globally important population of the magnificent frigatebird <i>Fregata magnificens</i> by Susan Zaluski, Louise M. Soanes, Jenny A. Bright, Atoya George, Patrick G.R. Jodice, Ken Meyer, Nancy Woodfield-Pascoe, Jonathan A. Green

Subjects: “…Seabird by-catch…”
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An assessment of oceanic seabird abundance and distribution off the southern Brazilian coast using observations obtained during deep-water fishing operations by JO Branco, HAA Fracasso, JAA Pérez, JL Rodrigues Filho

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Breeding Thin-Billed Prions Use Marine Habitats Ranging from Inshore to Distant Antarctic Waters by Petra Quillfeldt, Andreas Bange, Aude Boutet, Rachael A. Orben, Alastair M. M. Baylis

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Climatic Effects on Grey-Faced Petrel (<i>Pterodroma gouldi</i>) Chick Growth and Survival by James C. Russell, Jemma R. Welch, Karen Bourgeois, Sylvain Dromzée, Rob Dunn, Megan R. Friesen, Matt J. Rayner

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Wind prevents cliff-breeding birds from accessing nests through loss of flight control by Emily Shepard, Emma-Louise Cole, Andrew Neate, Emmanouil Lempidakis, Andrew Ross

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Variation in Antarctic Petrel Foraging Ecology: Not All Individuals Specialize on Krill by S. Descamps, S. M. Harris, J. Fluhr, P. Bustamante, P. Bustamante, Y. Cherel, A. M. Trevail, M. Brault-Favrou, S. C. Patrick

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FastFix Albatross Data: Snapshots of Raw GPS L-1 Data from Southern Royal Albatross by Timothy C. A. Molteno, Keith W. Payne

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