Seventeenth census of seabird populations in the sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2010

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Rail, Jean-François, Cotter, Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2015
• Subjects: Seabirds; populations; North Shore; bird sanctuaries; Gulf of St. Lawrence; larids; alcids; Laridae; Alcidae; Canada; Îles Sainte-Marie; Saint-Augustin; Alca torda; fratercula; Fratercula arctica; Oceanodroma leucorhoa; rissa tridactyla; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1695; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v129i2.1695

Seabirds in the 10 migratory bird sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec, Canada, which were created in 1925, have been censused regularly for the last 85 years. The sanctuaries support 16 seabird species, many of which are found in significant numbers. From 2005 to 2010,...