Effect of tour boat activity within an ecological reserve on the behaviour of three Atlantic alcids : common murres (Uria aalge), razorbills (Alca torda), and Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica)

To assess the impact of tourism on breeding alcids, Common Murre, Razorbill, and Atlantic Puffin alarm behavior before, during, and after tour boat passages was quantified on Gull Island (45° 15' N, 52° 46' W), Witless Bay Seabird Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada in 1996 and 1997....

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Main Author: Hearne, Edmund P.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Memorial University of Newfoundland 1999
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Online Access:https://research.library.mun.ca/783/
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