Bird count dataset for: Oiling threats to marine birds on Southern Vancouver Island, BC, Canada ...

• Main Author: Bertram, Douglas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2023
• Subjects: FOS Biological sciences; Cerorhinca monocerata; Uria aalgae; Cepphus columba; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Synthliboramphus antiquus; Canada; Lanes; Victoria Harbour; Common Murre; uria
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.bg79cnpft; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.bg79cnpft

We conducted year-round boat-based strip transect surveys in waters between Sidney, BC and Victoria, BC from November 2015 to August 2019 and examined seasonal variation in bird distribution and abundance. Our study area included parts of the Sidney Channel Important Bird Area, the Shoal Harbour and...