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Hotspots of, and Decadal Changes in, Seabird Abundance in the Northwest Atlantic. Richard R. Veit 1 , Jarrod A. Santora 2 , Timothy P. White 1 , Marie Martin 1 , Andrew Gilbert 3 and Melanie J. Steinkamp 4 1 CSI/CUNY Graduate Center 2 NOAA SW Fisheries Science Center 3 USGS Patuxent MD
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Hotspots of, and Decadal Changes in, Seabird Abundance in the Northwest Atlantic Richard R. Veit1, Jarrod A. Santora2, Timothy P. White1, Marie Martin1, Andrew Gilbert3 and Melanie J. Steinkamp4 1 CSI/CUNY Graduate Center 2 NOAA SW Fisheries Science Center 3 USGS Patuxent MD 4 ACJV/USFWS Patuxent MD
1.) seabirds are aggregated2.) densities range from 0.01 to 10003.) many zeroesNevertheless4.) There is predictability
Abundance (left), Diversity (right) Only CELLS that were sampled in BOTH time periods. 1991-2011 1991-2011 1970-1990 1970-1990
Northern Fulmar P=10-16
Northern Fulmar 1970-1990 1990-2010
Great Shearwater P= 10-16
Great Shearwater 1970-1990 1990-2010
Northern Gannet P=10-16
Northern Gannet 1970-1990 1990-2010
Dovekie P=0.001
Dovekie 1970-1990 1990-2010
Razorbill P=0.5
Razorbill 1970-1990 1990-2010
Conclusions 1.) Persistence is evident is sebird distributions 2.) Large scale changes can be detected with broadscale surveys
Anomaly of Species Richness: (left) 1970-1990 and (right) 1990-2011.
Spatial difference in effort between 1970-1990 (+) and 1991-2011 (-) 1991-2011 1970-1990
Anomaly of Abundance: (left) 1970-1990 and (right) 1990-2011.