Foraging range and habitat associations of non‑breeding Tristan albatrosses: overlap with fisheries and implications for conservation

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: Reid, Timothy A., Wanless, Ross M., Hilton, Geoff M., Phillips, Richard A., Ryan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2013
• Subjects: Austral; Indian; Tristan; Gough; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/505234/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/505234/1/ESR_201304004_0_s_4%20tristan%20paper_final.doc; https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00528

The Tristan albatross Diomedea dabbanena is Critically Endangered: >99% of adults breed at Gough Island, central South Atlantic Ocean, where chicks are threatened by introduced predators. At sea they mostly remain within the South Atlantic Ocean, where they are threatened by incidental capture in...