Great shearwaters ardenna gravis in the eastern indian ocean: a photo-documented record and summary of recent sightings

International audience A Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis, observed and photographed off Amsterdam Island, on 2 February 2017, was a rare but not exclusivesighting of this species from the eastern Indian Ocean. We summarize the occurrence of this species in the southern Indian Ocean based onsurveys c...

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Main Authors: Fromant, Aymeric, Delord, Karine, Quintin, Marine
Other Authors: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Burwood, Australia, Deakin University Burwood, Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: HAL CCSD 2018
Subjects:
eastern Indian Ocean
extra-limital occurrence
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
[SDE]Environmental Sciences
Indian
Amsterdam Island
Online Access:https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02262351
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Summary:International audience A Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis, observed and photographed off Amsterdam Island, on 2 February 2017, was a rare but not exclusivesighting of this species from the eastern Indian Ocean. We summarize the occurrence of this species in the southern Indian Ocean based onsurveys conducted during the period 1985–2017.

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