Sentences with phrase «study seabirds»

«As a graduate student, it was humbling to study seabirds older than me.

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The smell of plastic, when fouled by algae, is also attractive to some seabirds, suggests a new study.

The researchers are continuing to study more bluefin tissue samples to see if elevated radiation levels persist, and are also looking into radiation levels in other long distance migratory species including sea turtles, sharks and seabirds.

«We need a more systematic study,» says Bernie Tershy, a seabird biologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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).

Studies of fossil seabird skulls at London's Natural History Museum have revealed that the animals» brains and sensory systems were remarkably advanced.

Forcing vessels to land fish which are currently discarded leads to adverse effects on seabirds and marine mammals — and on seabed animals — but without any improvements in fish stocks, the study found.

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.

The study provides valuable confirmation of the idea that ancient penguins swapped flight for underwater prowess, known as the tradeoff hypothesis, says Chris Thaxter, a seabird ecologist at the British Trust for Ornithology in Thetford, U.K. «This is a major step forward... in understanding how the tradeoff hypothesis works.»

Researchers have studied the distribution of the common guillemot, a seabird similar to penguins.

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.

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.

A new study shows that these whales and outsized land mammals — as well as seabirds and migrating fish — played a vital role in keeping the planet fertile by transporting nutrients from ocean depths and spreading them across seas, up rivers, and deep inland, even to mountaintops.

Simon Foster, lead author on the paper, said «The Canna seabird study is one of the longest running annual studies in the world.

Now a study has identified what appears to be a universal threshold for danger: when the biomass of so - called forage fish drops below one - third of its maximum, seabirds of many species start to have fewer chicks.

The study found that in parts of the island where imported palms replaced native trees, the ecosystem unraveled: Seabirds did not nest in the palms and in the absence of algal blooms, the manta rays migrated elsewhere.

The study was part of a larger project to understand how juvenile seabirds learn.

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.

As their hunting behavior shifts from ice to land, the polar bears «have progressively arrived earlier and earlier to have access to more eggs,» says biologist Børge Moe, another principal author of the study who works at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research in Kongsfjorden, where seabird egg predation is just beginning to increase.

That study focused on seabirds, but now my co-authors and I have found that plastic trash has a similar effect on anchovies — a critical part of ocean food chains.

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).

Seabirds may struggle to find food for their chicks as they are unable to shift their breeding seasons as the climate warms, a new study suggests.

It undertakes practical conservation projects, surveys and scientific studies, conducts annual monitoring of seabird populations, rescues wildlife in trouble, publishes guides and information on many aspects of the Falkland Islands environment, and involves islanders of all ages in its activities, including running a WATCH group for children.

Bill has conducted a number of «plankton to predator» studies in the California Current large marine ecosystem, and has written about climate effects on seabirds, marine mammals and fish.

Now, a new study estimates that plastic debris can be found in the majority of all species of seabirds.

But on May 7, a field biologist studying the rare seabird stumbled upon one.

A film installation for multiple screens studying a crowded seabird colony over a period of four months

The study, A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight, was supported by various academic bodies and state agencies.

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

Some estimates put plastic pollution as the cause of death for 100 million marine animals every year, while a study from Imperial College London last year concluded that plastic will be found in 99 percent of seabirds by 2050.

Iverson said warming temperatures in the Arctic haven't directly affected seabirds, but the study suggests it may still have a negative impact in the end.

As tragic as the images of dead seabirds are, scientists studying the environmental consequences of the Gulf spill are most concerned about the effects on the ecosystem that could take years to begin showing up.