Sentences with phrase «seabirds living»

Mercury levels in seabirds living off the coast of British Columbia have been stable in recent years.

These seabirds live in a harsh environment and often face stress in the form of food shortages and poor weather conditions.

This seabird lives year round along the coasts of the Pacific; during winter it can also be found in the open ocean.

Not exact matches

«Tracking data reveal the secret lives of marine animals: Seals, whales, sharks, turtles, seabirds, and other marine vertebrates show similar patterns of movement in marine environments.»

Seabirds in British Columbia's Salish Sea changed their diet over the past 47 years, switching from fish that live relatively close to the surface, to bottom fish.

Sterna hirundo is a long - lived monogamous seabird.

And the other thing that probably would have been there is seabirds and sea mammals because they've been around a really long time and they had to live somewhere.

To see how bird family members interact with each other in stressful situations, researchers from Vetmeduni Vienna and the University of Gdansk, Poland, studied parent - offspring interactions in a long - lived seabird, the little auk (Alle alle).

And what he means is that marine mammals and fish and seabirds concentrate unique chemical clues about the ocean and what lives in it, within their tissues.

It is an excellent example of the value of long - term demographic studies for long - lived species such as albatrosses,» according to Oregon State University's Robert Suryan, a seabird ecologist who was not involved in the study.

«This study provides novel insight into early life stage demographics of a long - lived seabird from the long - term study of a small and highly tractable colony.

Britt J. Heidinger, assistant professor of biological sciences at NDSU, Fargo, has joined colleagues in Scotland to address this question through the study of a long - lived seabird, the European shag.

The socially monogamous seabirds are long lived, sometimes as much as 22 years.

A study of the long - lived seabird, the European shag, published in the journal Functional Ecology shows that parental age may affect how long offspring live.

Although seabirds are adapted for the vicissitudes of life — forage fish numbers have large natural fluctuations — seabirds populations may decline when fishing depresses levels for many years in a row.

This, the researchers say, is consistent with recent studies into the feeding behaviour of seabirds and suggests marine life might be increasingly attracted to marine debris as a source of food regardless of the potential harm caused.

For the first time, the researchers have carried out a ten - year population study of two seabird species: brown skuas living in the Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctic) and south polar skuas living in Adélie Land (Antarctica).

Black - footed albatross: A large, dark - plumed seabird that lives in northwestern Hawaii, the black - footed albatross is threatened by longline swordfish fisheries, which kill it as bycatch.

This project will address these threats by adopting a holistic approach to the protection of marine life, seabirds and alluvial forest habitats.

For example, the project will help reduce seal and seabird mortality by tackling plastic debris and «ghost fishing», when fishing fear is lost at sea and continues to affect marine life.

As one of most southerly - distributed seabirds, the Adà© lie is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast that except during spring when they come on land to breed, are highly reliant on the sea and its ice to hunt and live.

Ocean Plastic Will Be Found in 99 Percent of Seabirds by 2050 Plastic pollution in the ocean is like a floating minefield to marine life, from microscopic plankton to giant whales.

When the three currents mingle and rise to sunlit depths, it creates ideal conditions for massive plankton blooms, which are essential for seabirds and larger forms of marine life.

This extensive tour covers close to 30 miles round revealing a buffet of Big Island highlights see current eruption activity, rainbows, and an array of marine life which can include, dolphins, flying fish (Malolo), seabirds, Hawaiian Sea Turtles &; even Humpback Whales (Dec - May).

Many tour operators offer marine sightseeing tours, during which you'll likely see an abundance of marine life, including orcas (killer whales), seals, sea lions, porpoises, bald eagles, bears and many, many seabirds.

According to the City of Cannon Beach's website, as many as 200,000 people visit the rock each day to see the nesting seabirds, and intertidal life.

The Anacapa Island Webcam provides incredible views of the park's iconic symbol Arch Rock, seabird rookeries, and the historic lighthouse, as well as the ocean life and sea conditions at the landing cove and nearby waters.

A nature lover's paradise, the Falklands show signs of life everywhere you look: from crags dotted with seabirds, to beaches swarming with penguins (the Falklands are home to five different species), to vast watery depths where whales, walruses and seals compete for space off - shore.

For example, the introduction of DDT, a long - lived pesticide, into the marine environment has severely impacted seabird populations at the islands.

Video cameras and two - way communication allow students and visitors to talk with rangers live as they explore island resources, including the kelp forests, historic lighthouse and lively seabird colonies.

Among those found here are Xantus» murrelets, a seabird that nests in crevices in the cliffs, and the Santa Barbara Island live - forever, a rare plant found only on this island.

Seabirds soared overhead, drawn to the rich sea life in Buccoo Reef, a protected habitat where star coral, elkhorn coral and brain coral thrive.

Our pristine beaches and coastline teem with life, from endangered sea turtles to seabirds and mollusks.

Not only does Julian Rocks provide resting and nesting grounds for many seabirds, such as seagulls and cormorants, underneath the water is an invisible world with abundant marine life present.

The Yaquina Head Outstanding Area is also home to many kinds of wildlife, and trails will take you to view seals, whales, seabirds and tide pools teeming with life.

A paradise for seabirds, and an exceptional diving spot, this rocky outcrop in the middle of the Caribbean Sea has lived an eventful history.

pm: Genovesa - Prince Phillip's Steps: An extraordinary, steep path leads through a seabird colony full of life, up to cliffs that are 25m high.

I am an Irish artist living near the north Antrim coast which gives me most of my imagery for painting.Big skies, dark seas and seabirds are my fovourite subjects, although I do occasionally break away to paint in Connemara and France.

Marine plastic wastes are eaten by whales, seabirds, sea turtles and other marine life.

Almost all life in the Southern Ocean is ultimately dependent on the protein - rich crustaceans, from seabirds, seals and penguins, to the filter feeding whales.

«These floating islands of ice — some as large as a dozen miles across — are having a major impact on the ecology of the ocean around them, serving as «hotspots» for ocean life, with thriving communities of seabirds above and a web of phytoplankton, krill, and fish below.»

As one of most southerly - distributed seabirds, the Adà© lie is a species of penguin common along the entire Antarctic coast that except during spring when they come on land to breed, are highly reliant on the sea and its ice to hunt and live.

From the seas of north Wales, where he kayaks among feeding frenzies of dolphins and seabirds, to the forests of Eastern Europe, where lynx stalk and packs of wolves roam, George Monbiot shows how rewilding could repair the living planet, creating ecosystems in post-industrial nations as profuse and captivating as any around the world.

Seabirds, whales, sea turtles and other marine life are eating marine plastic pollution and dying from choking, intestinal blockage and starvation.

The study included seabirds, seals and polar bears in the assessment as they live in a marine environment and feed mostly on sealife.

Working with the advice of the Marine Conservation Biology Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Pew Environmental Fund, Bush selected sites that collectively harbor the world's smallest atoll (Rose Atoll - which is home to more than 500 fish species and 97 % of American Samoa's seabirds), several threatened turtle nesting beaches, the deepest ocean canyon in the world (the Mariana Trench, with its otherworldly, undersea volcanoes, acidic thermal vents, liquid sulfur, and incredibly rare life forms), hundreds of species of corals, Hawaiian monk seals, and countless seabirds, rays, sharks, dolphins and whales.