Sixteenth Census of Seabird Populations in the Sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2005

• 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 2007
• Subjects: Seabirds; populations; sanctuaries; Atlantic Puffin; larids; alcids; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent; Atlantic puffin; Common Murre; Guillemot marmette; macareux moine; petit pingouin; Razorbill
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/476; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i3.476

The Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence are important breeding grounds for many seabird species. The quinquennial censuses of seabirds in these sanctuaries have been carried out for 80 years (since 1925), in order to detect changes in the distribution and popula...