Populations census of blue petrels Halobaena caerulea at Mayes Islands, Iles Kerguelen

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Barbraud, Christophe, Delord, Karine
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: burrow density; burrow occupancy; playback; population size; sampling; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Burrows
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00211292; https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200600023X

National audience The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small pelagic seabird breeding on just a few Southern Ocean islands. Although it is known that oceanographic and climatic variability affect mortality rates, individual body condition and reproductive success, very few data are available on...