Comparison of trends in abundance of guano-producing seabirds in Peru and southern Africa

South African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn , Issue 21, 1999, Pages 145-156

  Crawford, R J M ^a   Jahncke, J ^b,c  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; PERU; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLUPEOID FISHERY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GUANO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA; PERU;

ANCHOA; CLUPEIFORMES; ENGRAULIS; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS CAPENSIS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PELECANUS THAGUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX BOUGAINVILLII; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI; SULA VARIEGATA; SULIDAE;

EID: 0033393782     PISSN: 02577615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/025776199784126006     Document Type: Article

References (57)

1. BERRY, H. H. 1976 - Physiological and behavioural ecology of the Cape cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis. Madoqua 9(4): 5-55.
2. BEST, P. B., CRAWFORD, R. J. M. and R. P. VAN DER ELST 1997 - Top predators in southern Africa's marine ecosystems. In A Century of Marine Science in South Africa. Payne, A. I. L. and J. R. E. Lutjeharms (Eds). Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr. 52(1): 177-225.
3. BOX, G. E. P. and G. M. JENKINS 1976 - Time Series Analysis; Forecasting and Control, Revised Edition. San Francisco; Holden Day: xxi + 575 pp.
4. BOERSMA, P. D. 1978 - Galapagos penguins as indicators of oceanographic conditions. Science 200: 1481-1483.
5. COOPER, J., BROOKE, R. K., SHELTON, P. A. and R. J. M. CRAWFORD 1982 - Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape cormorant Phalacrocorax capensìs. Fish. Bull. S. Afr. 16: 121-143.
6. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. 1987 - Food and population variability in five regions supporting large stocks of anchovy, sardine and horse mackerel. In The Benguela and Comparable Ecosystems. Payne, A. I. L., Gulland, J. A. and K. H. Brink (Eds). S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 5: 735-757.
7. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. 1991 - Factors influencing population trends of some abundant vertebrates in sardine-rich coastal ecosystems. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 10: 365-381.
8. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. 1998a - African penguin taxon data sheet. In Penguin Conservation Assessment and Management Plan. Ellis, S., Croxall, J. P. and J. Cooper (Eds). Apple Valley, USA; IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: 115-129.
9. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. 1998b - Responses of African penguins to regime changes of sardine and anchovy in the Benguela system. In Benguela Dynamics: Impacts of Variabitity on Shelf-Sea Environments and their Living Resources. Pillar, S. C., Moloney, C. L., Payne, A. I. L. and F. A. Shillington (Eds). S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 19: 355-364.
10. nd International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, 1998. Adams, N. J. and R. Slotow (Eds). Johannesburg; Birdlife South Africa: 688-705.
11. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., ALLWRIGHT, D. M. and C. W. HEŸL 1992 - High mortality of Cape cormorants (Phalacrocorax capensis) off western South Africa in 1991 caused by Pasteurella multocida. Colon. Waterbirds 15(2): 236-238.
12. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., COOPER, J. and B. M. DYER 1995a - Conservation of an increasing population of great white pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus in South Africa's Western Cape. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 15: 33-42.
13. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., CRUICKSHANK, R. A., SHELTON, P. A. and I. KRUGER 1985 - Partitioning of a goby resource amongst four avian predators and evidence for altered trophic flow in the pelagic community of an intense, perennial upwelling system. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 3: 215-228.
14. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. and B. M. DYER 1995 - Responses by four seabird species to a fluctuating availability of Cape anchovy Engraulis capensis off South Africa. Ibis 137: 329-339.
15. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., RYAN, P. G. and A. J. WILLIAMS 1991a - Seabird consumption and production in the Benguela and Western Agulhas ecosystems. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 11: 357-375.
16. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., SHANNON, L. V. and D. E. POLLOCK 1987 - The Benguela ecosystem. 4. The major fish and invertebrate resources. In Oceanography and Marine Biology. An Annual Review 25. Barnes, M. (Ed.). Aberdeen; University Press: 353-505.
17. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. and P. A. SHELTON 1978 - Pelagic fish and seabird interrelationships off the coasts of South West and South Africa. Biol. Conserv. 14(2): 85-109.
18. CRAWFORD, R. J. M. and P. A. SHELTON 1981 - Population trends for some southern African seabirds related to fish availability. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Birds of the Sea and Shore, 1979. Cooper, J. (Ed.). Cape Town; African Seabird Group: 15-41.
19. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., SHELTON, P. A., COOPER, J. and R. K. BROOKE 1983 - Distribution, population size and conservation of the Cape gannet Morus capensís. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 1: 153-174.
20. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., UNDERHILL, L. G., SHANNON, L. V., LLUCH-BELDA, D., SIEGFRIED, W. R. and C. A. VILLACASTIN-HERRERO 1991b - An empirical investigation of trans-oceanic linkages between areas of high abundance of sardine. In Long-Term Variability of Pelagic Fish Populations and their Environment. Kawasakì, T., Tanaka, S., Toba, Y. and A. Taniguchi (Eds). Oxford; Pergamon: 319-332.
21. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., WILLIAMS, A. J., HOFMEYR, J. H., KLAGES, N. T. W., RANDALL, R. M., COOPER, J., DYER, B. M. and Y. CHESSELET 1995b - Trends of African penguin Spheniscus demersus populations in the 20th century. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 16: 101-118.
22. CRAWFORD, R. J. M., WILLIAMS, A. J., RANDALL, R. M., RANDALL, B. M., BERRUTI, A. and G. J. B. ROSS 1990 - Recent population trends of jackass penguins Spheniscus demersus off southern Africa. Biol. Conserv. 52(3): 229-243.
23. CSIRKE, J., GUEVARA-CARRASCO, R., CÁRDENAS, G., ÑIQUEN, M. and A. CHIPOLLINI 1996 - Situación de los recursos anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) y sardina (Sardinops sagax) a principios de 1994 y perspectivas para la pesca en el Peru, con particular referencía a las regiones norte y centro de la costa Peruana. Boln Inst. Mar Perú 15: 23 pp.
24. DUFFY, D. C. 1983 - Environmental uncertainty and commercial fishing: effects on Peruvian guano birds. Biol. Conserv. 26: 227-238.
25. GUILLÉN, V. C. 1992 - Distribucion latitudinal de aves guaneras del Peru, durante 1984-89. Boln Lima 81: 77-96.
26. HALL, R. E., JOHNSTON, J. and D. M. LILIEN 1990 - MicroTSP User's Manual. Irvine, California, USA; Quantitative Micro Software: no pagination.
27. HAYS, C. 1986 - Effects of the 1982-83 El Niño on Humboldt penguin colonies in Peru. Biol. Conserv. 36: 169-180.
28. HUTCHINSON, G. E. 1950 - The Southwest African guano coast. In Survey of Contemporary Knowledge of Biogeochemistry. 3. The Biogeochemistry of Vertebrate Excretion. Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 96: 134-157.
29. JACKSON, H. 1930 - A valuable asset to the farmer: guano and other island products. Fmg S. Afr. 5: p. 428.
30. JACKSON, H. 1931 - The Government Guano Islands. Fmg S. Afr. 6: p. 359.
31. JACKSON, H. 1932 - The Government Guano Islands. Fmg S. Afr. 7: p. 380.
32. JACKSON, H. 1933 - Report on the Government Guano Islands. Fmg S. Afr. 8: p. 519.
33. JACKSON, H. 1934 - Report on the Government Guano Islands. Fmg S. Afr. 9: p. 581.
34. JACKSON, H. 1935 - The Government Guano Islands. Fmg S. Afr. 10: p. 596.
35. JORDÁN, R. 1964 - Las emigraciones y mortandad de aves guaneras en el ontoño e invierno de 1963. Informe Inst. Investnes Recur. Mar. 27: 1-31.
36. JORDÁN, R. 1967 - The predation of guano birds on the Peruvian anchovy (Engraulis ringens Jenyns). Rep. Calif. coop. oceanic Fish. Invest. 11: 105-109.
37. JORDÁN, R. and H. FUENTES 1966 - Las poblaciones de aves guaneras y su situación actual. Infmes Inst. Mar Perú 10: 31 pp.
38. KAWASAKI, T. 1983 - Why do some fishes have wide fluctuations in their numbers? - Biological basis of fluctuation from the viewpoint of evolutionary ecology. In Proceedings of the Expert Consultation to Examine Changes in Abundance and Species Composition of Neritic Fish Resources, San José, Costa Rica, April 1983. Sharp, G. D. and J. Csirke (Eds). F.A.O. Fish. Rep. 291(3): 1065-1080.
39. KLAGES, N. T. W., WILLIS, A. B. and G. J. B. ROSS 1992 - Variability in the diet of the Cape gannet at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa. In Benguela Trophic Functioning. Payne, A. I. L., Brink, K. H., Mann, K. H. and R. Hilborn (Eds). S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 12: 761-771.
40. LLUCH-BELDA, D., CRAWFORD, R. J. M., KAWASAKI, T., MacCALL, A. D., PARRISH, R. H., SCHWARTZLOSE, R. A. and P. E. SMITH 1989 - World-wide fluctuations of sardine and anchovy stocks: the regime problem. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 8: 195-205.
41. LLUCH-BELDA, D., SCHWARTZLOSE, R. A., SERRA, R., PARRISH, R. [H.], KAWASAKI, T., HEDGECOCK, D. and R. J. M. CRAWFORD 1992 - Sardine and anchovy regime fluctuations of abundance in four regions of the world oceans: a workshop report. Fish. Oceanogr. 1(4): 339-347.
42. LUNA-JORQUERA, G. 1998 - Humboldt penguin taxon data sheet, In Penguin Conservation Assessment and Management Plan. Ellis, S., Croxall, J. P. and J. Cooper (Eds). Apple Valley, USA; IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: 95-104.
43. MILLS, K. L. and P. D. BOERSMA 1998 - Galapagos penguin taxon data sheet. In Penguin Conservation Assessment and Management Plan. Ellis, S., Croxall, J. P. and J. Cooper (Eds). Apple Valley, USA; IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: 105-107.
44. MONTEVECCHI, W. A. and R. A. MYERS 1997 - Centurial and decadal oceanographic influences on changes in northern gannet populations and diets in the north-west Atlantic: implications for climate change. ICES J. mar. Sci. 54: 608-614.
45. PAULIK, G. J. 1971 - Anchovies, birds, and fishermen in the Peru Current. In Environment: Resources, Pollution and Society. Murdoch, W. W. (Ed.). Stamford, Connecticut; Sinauer Associates: 35-79.
46. PAULY, D., PALOMARES, M. L. and F. C. GAYANILO 1987 - VPA estimates of monthly population length composition, recruitment, mortality, biomass and related statistics of Peruvian anchoveta, 1953 to 1981. In The Peruvian Anchoveta and its Upwelling Ecosystem: Three Decades of Change. Pauly, D. and I. Tsukayama (Eds). ICLARM Stud. Rev. 15: 142-166.
47. QUINN, W. H. and V. T. NEAL 1992 - The historical record of El Niño events. In Climate since A.D. 1500. Bradley, R. S. and P. D. Jones (Eds). London; Routledge: 623-648.
48. RAND, R. W. 1963a - The biology of guano-producing seabirds. 4. Composition of colonies on the Cape islands. Investl Rep. Div. Sea Fish. S. Afr. 43: 32 pp.
49. RAND, R. W. 1963b - The biology of guano-producing seabirds. 5. Composition of colonies on the South West African islands. Investl Rep. Div. Sea Fish. S. Afr. 46: 26 pp.
50. RANDALL, R. [M.] and G. J. B. ROSS 1979 - Increasing population of Cape gannets on Bird Island, Algoa Bay, and observations on breeding success. Ostrich 50(3): 168-175.
51. SHANNON, L. V., BOYD, A. J., BRUNDRIT, G. B. and J. TAUNTON-CLARK 1986 - On the existence of an El Niño-type phenomenon in the Benguela system. J. mar. Res. 44(3): 495-520.
52. TOVAR [S.], H. 1983 - Fluctuaciones de poblaciones de aves guaneras en el litoral peruano. 1960-1981. In Proceedings of the Expert Consultation to Examine Changes in Abundance and Species Composition of Neritic Fish Resources, San José, Costa Rica, April 1983. Sharp, G. D. and J. Csirke (Eds). F.A.O. Fish. Rep. 291(3): 957-976.
53. TOVAR [S.], H. and D. CABRERA 1985 - Las aves guaneras y el fenomeno El Niño. In El Niño su Impacto en la Fauna Marine. Arntz, W., Landa, A. and J. Tarazona (Eds). Boln Inst. Mar Perú, Callao-Peru Vol. Extraordinario: 181-186.
54. TOVAR [S.], H., GUILLÉN, V. [C.] and D. CABRERA 1987a - Reproduction and population levels of Peruvian guano birds. J. geophys. Res. 92(C): 14445-14448.
55. TOVAR [S.], H., GUILLÉN, V. [C.] and M. E. NAKAMA 1987b - Monthly population size of three guano bird species off Peru, 1953 to 1982. In The Peruvian Anchoveta and its Upwelling Ecosystem: Three Decades of Change. Pauly, D. and I. Tsukayama (Eds). ICLARM Stud. Rev. 15: 208-218.
56. TROADEC, J-P., CLARK, W. G. and J. A. GULLAND 1980 - A review of some pelagic fish stocks in other areas. Rapp. P-v. Réun. Cons. perm. int. Explor. Mer 177: 252-277.
57. VALDIVIA [P.], J. 1960 - La cubicación del guano de islas y la ecuación de regresión. Boln Compañia Adm.Guano 36(5): 8-10.