Set-back distances to protect nesting and roosting seabirds off Vancouver Island from boat disturbance

Waterbirds

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Chatwin, Trudy A ^a   Joy, Ruth ^b   Burger, Alan E ^c  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black Oystercatcher; Boat disturbance; Brandt's; Double crested and Pelagic cormorants; Glaucous winged Gull; habituation; Harlequin Duck; Pigeon Guillemot; seabirds; set back distances; viewing guidelines

Indexed keywords

BOATING; DISTURBANCE; GUIDELINE; HABITUATION; NESTING; PROBABILITY; ROOSTING; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

AVES; CEPPHUS COLUMBA; COLUMBA; HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHALACROCORAX PELAGICUS;

EID: 84876209497     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.036.0108     Document Type: Article

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