Demography and Population Trends of the Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatross

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Cuthbert, Richard, Ryan, Peter G., Cooper, John, Hilton, Geoff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2003
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Tristan; Gough; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/105.3.439; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/105/3/439/29712496/condor0439.pdf

Abstract The Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos) breeds only at the Tristan da Cunha archipelago and Gough Island in the central South Atlantic Ocean, and is threatened by mortality from longline fisheries operating in the South Atlantic. Demographic data have been collecte...