Time-lapse imagery of Adélie penguins reveals differential winter strategies and breeding site occupation. by Caitlin Black, Colin Southwell, Louise Emmerson, Daniel Lunn, Tom Hart

“…Polar seabirds adopt different over-wintering strategies to survive and build condition during the critical winter period. …”
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Faecal microbiota changes associated with the moult fast in chinstrap and gentoo penguins. by Won Young Lee, Hyunjun Cho, Mincheol Kim, Binu Mani Tripathi, Jin-Woo Jung, Hosung Chung, Jeong-Hoon Kim

“…In many seabirds, individuals abstain from eating during the moult period. …”
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Responses of Manx Shearwaters to Handicapping and Its Implications for the Coordination of Care by Natasha Gillies, Martyna Syposz, Joe Wynn, Cécile Vansteenberghe, Tim Guilford

“…Seabirds care for their offspring in remote breeding colonies where foraging sites are distant and may be unpredictable, and where chicks are left unaccompanied for extended periods during their parents’ foraging trips, leaving them vulnerable to predation or starvation. …”
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Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries by Swimmer, Y, Zollett, EA, Gutierrez, A

“…This review includes information on gear and operational changes to fishing practices that reduce bycatch for protected and threatened species across taxonomic groups, with a focus on cetaceans, sea turtles, seabirds, sharks, and istiophorid billfishes. The information provided can guide future research and management efforts in Regional Fisheries Management Organizations that are specific to tuna fishing and that aim to minimize impacts to protected and threatened species while maintaining viable commercial fisheries.…”
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The past and future role of conservation science in saving biodiversity by David R Williams, Andrew Balmford, David S Wilcove

“…We then demonstrate that for three well‐known examples—South Asian vultures, whooping cranes, and bycatch of procellariform seabirds—published studies appear to follow this sequence, with considerable benefits. …”
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Ecological segregation in space, time and trophic niche of sympatric planktivorous petrels. by Joan Navarro, Stephen C Votier, Jacopo Aguzzi, Juan J Chiesa, Manuela G Forero, Richard A Phillips

“…Here, by combining information obtained from tracking devices (geolocator-immersion and time depth recorders), stable isotope analyses of blood, and conventional morphometry, we provide a detailed investigation of the ecological mechanisms that explain the coexistence of four species of abundant, zooplanktivorous seabirds in Southern Ocean ecosystems (blue petrel Halobaena caerulea, Antarctic prion Pachyptila desolata, common diving petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix and South Georgian diving petrel P. georgicus). …”
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Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Plasma and Preen Oil of Black-Footed Albatross (Diomedea nigripes) Chicks and Adults on Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. by Jun Wang, Sarah A L Caccamise, Lee Ann Woodward, Qing X Li

“…However, Midway Atoll has become a national wildlife refuge and home to many different seabirds today, including the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) (BFAL). …”
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Time-lapse imagery of Adélie penguins reveals differential winter strategies and breeding site occupation by Black, C, Southwell, C, Emnmerson, L, Lunn, D, Hart, T

“…Polar seabirds adopt different over-wintering strategies to survive and build condition during the critical winter period. …”

The biology of seamounts: 25 years on by Rogers, A

“…Evidence has accumulated of the role of seamounts as hot spots for ocean predators including large pelagic fish, sharks, pinnipeds, cetaceans and seabirds. The complexity of benthic communities associated with seamounts is high and drivers of biodiversity are now being resolved. …”

Microplastic toxicity: A review of the role of marine sentinel species in assessing the environmental and public health impacts by Christina Biamis, Kieran O’ Driscoll, Gary Hardiman

“…Hierarchical priorities when selecting marine plastic sentinels are explored. Abundant seabirds such as the herring gull or the northern fulmar represent ideal marine plastic sentinels.…”
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A Review of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Usage as an Environmental Survey Tool within Tidal Stream Environments by James Slingsby, Beth E. Scott, Louise Kregting, Jason McIlvenny, Jared Wilson, Benjamin J. Williamson

“…Tidal environments are also utilised by marine fauna (marine mammals, seabirds and fish) for foraging purposes, with usage patterns observed at fine spatiotemporal scales (seconds and metres). …”
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Competition for food between the Mediterranean shag, the great cormorant and artisanal fisheries: a case study by Felipe Aguado-Giménez, Sergio Eguía-Martínez, Irene Torres-Campos, Santiago Meroño-García, Jacinto Martínez-Ródenas

“…Competition for fish resources between these two seabirds and with local artisanal fisheries was assessed. …”
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Ventral dermatitis in rowi (Apteryx rowi) due to cutaneous larval migrans by B.D. Gartrell, L. Argilla, S. Finlayson, K. Gedye, A.K. Gonzalez Argandona, I. Graham, L. Howe, S. Hunter, B. Lenting, T. Makan, K. McInnes, S. Michael, K.J. Morgan, I. Scott, D. Sijbranda, N. van Zyl, J.M. Ward

“…The predisposing factors that led to this disease are suspected to be the novel exposure of the rowi to parasites from seabirds or marine mammals due to the island crèche and the limited management of roost boxes. …”
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Detection of Phenuiviridae, Chuviridae Members, and a Novel Quaranjavirus in Hard Ticks From Danube Delta by Bianca Elena Bratuleanu, Bianca Elena Bratuleanu, Sarah Temmam, Sarah Temmam, Sandie Munier, Delphine Chrétien, Delphine Chrétien, Thomas Bigot, Sylvie van der Werf, Sylvie van der Werf, Gheorghe Savuta, Marc Eloit, Marc Eloit, Marc Eloit

“…Phylogenetic analyses performed on the five segments show that CTQV is phylogenetically positioned within a clade that encompasses Ixodidae-borne viruses associated with iguanas, small ruminants, seabirds, and penguins distributed across different geographical areas. …”
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Prospective modelling of operational offshore wind farms on the distribution of marine megafauna in the southern North Sea by Auriane Virgili, Auriane Virgili, Sophie Laran, Matthieu Authier, Ghislain Dorémus, Olivier Van Canneyt, Jérôme Spitz, Jérôme Spitz

“…We recommend that future OWF constructions be planned in summer and early fall to minimise impact on cetaceans and that offshore areas off northern France and Belgium be avoided to minimise impact on seabirds. Our prospective analysis predicted a decreased density for most species with the operation of prospective OWFs. …”
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Quantifying gull predation in a declining Leach’s Storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) colony by Alexander L. Bond, Sabina I. Wilhelm, Donald W. Pirie-Hay, Gregory J. Robertson, Ingrid L. Pollet, Jillian L. Arany

“…The effect of gull predation on sympatric seabirds has garnered much attention and management action in recent decades. …”
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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds by Bethany L. Clark, Ana P. B. Carneiro, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Marie-Morgane Rouyer, Thomas A. Clay, Win Cowger, Richard A. Phillips, Andrea Manica, Carolina Hazin, Marcus Eriksen, Jacob González-Solís, Josh Adams, Yuri V. Albores-Barajas, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Maria Saldanha Alho, Deusa Teixeira Araujo, José Manuel Arcos, John P. Y. Arnould, Nadito J. P. Barbosa, Christophe Barbraud, Annalea M. Beard, Jessie Beck, Elizabeth A. Bell, Della G. Bennet, Maud Berlincourt, Manuel Biscoito, Oskar K. Bjørnstad, Mark Bolton, Katherine A. Booth Jones, John J. Borg, Karen Bourgeois, Vincent Bretagnolle, Joël Bried, James V. Briskie, M. de L. Brooke, Katherine C. Brownlie, Leandro Bugoni, Licia Calabrese, Letizia Campioni, Mark J. Carey, Ryan D. Carle, Nicholas Carlile, Ana R. Carreiro, Paulo Catry, Teresa Catry, Jacopo G. Cecere, Filipe R. Ceia, Yves Cherel, Chang-Yong Choi, Marco Cianchetti-Benedetti, Rohan H. Clarke, Jaimie B. Cleeland, Valentina Colodro, Bradley C. Congdon, Jóhannis Danielsen, Federico De Pascalis, Zoe Deakin, Nina Dehnhard, Giacomo Dell’Omo, Karine Delord, Sébastien Descamps, Ben J. Dilley, Herculano A. Dinis, Jerome Dubos, Brendon J. Dunphy, Louise M. Emmerson, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Annette L. Fayet, Jonathan J. Felis, Johannes H. Fischer, Amanda N. D. Freeman, Aymeric Fromant, Giorgia Gaibani, David García, Carina Gjerdrum, Ivandra Soeli Gonçalves Correia Gomes, Manuela G. Forero, José P. Granadeiro, W. James Grecian, David Grémillet, Tim Guilford, Gunnar Thor Hallgrimsson, Luke R. Halpin, Erpur Snær Hansen, April Hedd, Morten Helberg, Halfdan H. Helgason, Leeann M. Henry, Hannah F. R. Hereward, Marcos Hernandez-Montero, Mark A. Hindell, Peter J. Hodum, Simona Imperio, Audrey Jaeger, Mark Jessopp, Patrick G. R. Jodice, Carl G. Jones, Christopher W. Jones, Jón Einar Jónsson, Adam Kane, Sven Kapelj, Yuna Kim, Holly Kirk, Yann Kolbeinsson, Philipp L. Kraemer, Lucas Krüger, Paulo Lago, Todd J. Landers, Jennifer L. Lavers, Matthieu Le Corre, Andreia Leal, Maite Louzao, Jeremy Madeiros, Maria Magalhães, Mark L. Mallory, Juan F. Masello, Bruno Massa, Sakiko Matsumoto, Fiona McDuie, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Fernando Medrano, Benjamin J. Metzger, Teresa Militão, William A. Montevecchi, Rosalinda C. Montone, Leia Navarro-Herrero, Verónica C. Neves, David G. Nicholls, Malcolm A. C. Nicoll, Ken Norris, Steffen Oppel, Daniel Oro, Ellie Owen, Oliver Padget, Vítor H. Paiva, David Pala, Jorge M. Pereira, Clara Péron, Maria V. Petry, Admilton de Pina, Ariete T. Moreira Pina, Patrick Pinet, Pierre A. Pistorius, Ingrid L. Pollet, Benjamin J. Porter, Timothée A. Poupart, Christopher D. L. Powell, Carolina B. Proaño, Júlia Pujol-Casado, Petra Quillfeldt, John L. Quinn, Andre F. Raine, Helen Raine, Iván Ramírez, Jaime A. Ramos, Raül Ramos, Andreas Ravache, Matt J. Rayner, Timothy A. Reid, Gregory J. Robertson, Gerard J. Rocamora, Dominic P. Rollinson, Robert A. Ronconi, Andreu Rotger, Diego Rubolini, Kevin Ruhomaun, Asunción Ruiz, James C. Russell, Peter G. Ryan, Sarah Saldanha, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Mariona Sardà-Serra, Yvan G. Satgé, Katsufumi Sato, Wiebke C. Schäfer, Stefan Schoombie, Scott A. Shaffer, Nirmal Shah, Akiko Shoji, Dave Shutler, Ingvar A. Sigurðsson, Mónica C. Silva, Alison E. Small, Cecilia Soldatini, Hallvard Strøm, Christopher A. Surman, Akinori Takahashi, Vikash R. V. Tatayah, Graeme A. Taylor, Robert J. Thomas, David R. Thompson, Paul M. Thompson, Thorkell L. Thórarinsson, Diego Vicente-Sastre, Eric Vidal, Ewan D. Wakefield, Susan M. Waugh, Henri Weimerskirch, Heiko U. Wittmer, Takashi Yamamoto, Ken Yoda, Carlos B. Zavalaga, Francis J. Zino, Maria P. Dias

“…Understanding where wildlife encounters plastic is crucial for targeting research and mitigation. Oceanic seabirds, particularly petrels, frequently ingest plastic, are highly threatened, and cover vast distances during foraging and migration. …”
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Diet of the Insular Lizard, <i>Podarcis lilfordi</i> (Günther, 1874): Complementary Morphological and Molecular Approaches by Iris Alemany, Ana Pérez-Cembranos, José A. Castro, Antònia Picornell, Valentín Pérez-Mellado, Cori Ramon

“…It is also difficult to identify remains of marine subsidies or of foods contributed to these small islands by other predators, such as seabirds. The current study demonstrates the advantages of combining morphological diet analysis with the molecular study of individual feces samples obtained from the same populations. …”
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Involvement of a Fishing Community in the Eradication of the Introduced Cactus Mouse (<i>Peromyscus eremicus cedrosensis</i>) from San Benito Oeste Island, Mexico by Federico Méndez Sánchez, Alfonso Aguirre-Muñoz, Araceli Samaniego, Yuliana Bedolla Guzmán, Ana Cárdenas Tapia, Evaristo Rojas Mayoral, Mariam Latofski Robles, Patricia Koleff, Aradit Castellanos Vera, Gustavo Arnaud Franco, Luis Felipe Beltrán Morales, Alfredo Ortega-Rubio

“…San Benito Archipelago is internationally important for the conservation of 13 species of seabirds. San Benito Oeste, the largest and only inhabited island, was declared mammal-free in 2000 after a series of eradications conducted in collaboration between the fishing cooperative <i>Pescadores Nacionales de Abulón</i>, the Mexican conservation organization, <i>Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas</i>, <i>A.C.…”
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Surveillance of avian malaria and related haemoparasites in common terns (Sterna hirundo) on the Atlantic coast of South America by Sofía Capasso, Yvonne R. Schumm, Petra Quillfeldt, Claire Bonsergent, Laurence Malandrin, Eliana Lorenti, Bruno Fusaro, Guillermo Panisse, Melina Lunardelli, Gabriel Castresana, Julia I. Diaz

“…The low prevalence (3.6%) of haemoparasites found in this research was similar to those reported for previous studies on seabirds, including Charadriiformes. Our findings provide new information about the distribution and prevalence of haemosporidian parasites from charadriiforms in the southernmost part of South America, which remains understudied.…”
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