Fifteenth Census of Seabird Populations in the Sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1998-1999

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Rail, Jean-François, Chapdelaine, Gilles
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2004
• Subjects: Seabirds; populations; sanctuaries; protected areas; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Atlantic Puffin; larids; alcids; Îles Sainte-Marie; Atlantic puffin; macareux moine; Mouette tridactyle
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/924; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i2.924

For the first time since the tradition began in 1925, the quinquennial census of seabirds in the Migratory Bird Sanctuaries of the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence was divided between two years in 1998-1999. Trends between 1993 and 1998-1999 were variable across species and sanctuaries. In pa...