Estimates of changes in seabird numbers in the Grand Manan Archipelago, New Brunswick, Canada

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 462-472

  Ronconi, Robert A ^a   Wong, Sarah N P ^a,b  

^a Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcids; Census; Cormorants; Eiders; Grand Manan; Gulls; Numbers; Seabirds; Storm petrels; Trends

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; GRAND MANAN ARCHIPELAGO; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ALCA TORDA; AVES; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; CICONIIFORMES; CLUPEA HARENGUS; HIRUNDO; HYDROBATINAE; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS MARINUS; OCEANODROMA; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STERNA; STERNA HIRUNDO; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 1442315681     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0462:eocisn]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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