Reducing uncertainty on the Grand Bank: tracking and vessel surveys indicate mortality risks for common murres in the North-West Atlantic

• Published in: Animal Conservation
• Main Authors: Hedd, A., Montevecchi, W. A., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Burke, C. M., Fifield, D. A., Robertson, G. J., Phillips, R. A., Gjerdrum, C., Regular, P. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley Blackwell 2011
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Funk Island; North West Atlantic; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18525/; http://www.http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00479.x/abstract

Seabirds and other marine animals are at risk from anthropogenic activities that target them directly and those that can harm them incidentally. We integrate year-round tracking and vessel studies to assess risks for a globally important seabird population in the North-West Atlantic. The eastern Can...