Provisioning and foraging strategies of northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura, and relationship with fisheries

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Provisioning and foraging strategies of northern royal albatross (Diomedea sanfordi) at Taiaroa Head/Pukekura, and relationship with fisheries

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Monitoring and protection of seabirds that spend much of their lives at sea pose difficult conservation problems. In the case of pelagic seabirds, such as albatrosses, they can spend up to 95% of their lives at sea, and travel great distances. During these periods away from breeding colonies, the birds are exposed to a wide range of anthropogenic threats, including interactions with commercial fisheries and exposure to marine pollution. A detailed knowledge of seabird foraging ecology and beh...

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Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Sugishita, Junichi

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/6241

Related subjects

foraging / provisioning / albatross / fisheries / habitat use / seabird-fishery interaction / meal size / seabird

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