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Seabird Ecology

Seabird Ecology. What Can Seabird Barf Tell Us? Presentation #1 By Kristin McCully. All images from Kristin McCully unless otherwise labeled. Where is Midway?. Watsonville. Hawaiian islands. Pacific Ocean. Where is Midway?. NOAA. Midway Atoll. Keith Castellano. Midway’s Coral Reefs.

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Seabird Ecology

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  1. SeabirdEcology What Can Seabird Barf Tell Us? Presentation #1 By Kristin McCully All images from Kristin McCully unless otherwise labeled

  2. Where is Midway? Watsonville Hawaiian islands Pacific Ocean

  3. Where is Midway? NOAA

  4. MidwayAtoll Keith Castellano

  5. Midway’s Coral Reefs

  6. Endangered Laysan duck with ducklings Midway’s Birds Sooty tern Red-tailed tropic bird White tern Brown booby Red-footed booby with chick Bonin petrel

  7. Midway Albatrosses Laysan Albatross Phoebastriaimmutablis Black-footed Albatross Phoebastrianigripes Short-Tailed Albatross Phoebastriaalbatrus *Endangered*

  8. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  9. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  10. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  11. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  12. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  13. Pete Leary Albatross Life Cycle Pete Leary Fledge Fledging Dec Jun Sep Oct Nov May Aug Feb Mar Apr Jan Jul

  14. Pete Leary Albatross Range Pete Leary Young et al. 2009 PLoS One

  15. Threats to Albatross Populations • Longline fishing • Lead poisoning • Introduced mammals kill eggs, chicks, adults and destroy habitat • Poaching for eggs & feathers in 1800s Monterey Bay Aquarium Longline diagram - http://www.afma.gov.au/resource-centre/teachers-and-students/about-fishing-methods-and-devices/longlines/pelagic-longline/ Streamer line - http://montereybayaquarium.typepad.com/sea_notes/seabirds/page/2/ Albatross caught on longline - http://www.oikonos.org/projects/albatross_naturalhistory.htmAlbatross egg poaching - http://www.redbubble.com/people/whalegeek/writing/5400046-wisdom-returns-to-midway-atoll W.A. Bryan, courtesy of the University of Hawaii

  16. Albatross Videos • Laysan albatross feeding chick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S83TP_iaEg8 • Chick regurgitating bolus from Michelle@oikonos.org: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oikonos/5583087077/ • Laysan albatross courtship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YvpHBALOCAI • Blackfooted albatross courtship: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8qYCCbgKzgM#!

  17. Collecting Boluses

  18. Impacts of Marine Debris What Can Seabird Barf Tell Us? Presentation #2 Kristin McCully

  19. Ingestion Gregory 2009

  20. Entanglement www.MarineDebris.NOAA.gov

  21. Other Impacts of Marine Debris http://www.mumm.ac.be • Ghost-fishing = fishing nets continue to catch fish long after being abandoned • Transport of exotic species • Human health risks • Economic impacts State of Hawaii FAO Ocean Conservancy

  22. Pacific “Garbage Patches” www.MarineDebris.NOAA.gov

  23. How Can We Reduce Marine Debris? Average American uses 500 plastic bags per year!! (chicobags.com) NOAA Marine Debris Program

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