Monitoring planktivorous seabird populations: validating surface counts of crevice-nesting auklets using mark–resight techniques

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Sheffield, Lisa M., Gall, Adrian E., Roby, Daniel D., Irons, David B., Dugger, Katie M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z06-061; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/z06-061; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z06-061

Least Auklets ( Aethia pusilla (Pallas, 1811)) are the most abundant species of seabird in the Bering Sea and offer a relatively efficient means of monitoring secondary productivity in the marine environment. Counting auklets on surface plots is the primary method used to track changes in numbers of...