Genetic population structure of black-browed and Campbell albatrosses, and implications for assigning provenance of birds killed in fisheries

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Burg, Theresa M., Catry, Paulo, Ryan, Peter G., Phillips, Richard A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Southern Ocean; New Zealand; South Georgia Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518929/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518929/1/Burg.doc; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2765

1.Previous genetic studies found evidence of at least three distinct groups of black-browed Thalassarche melanophris and Campbell Thalassarche impavida albatrosses in the Southern Ocean. Almost 350 individuals including samples from additional breeding sites on the Falkland Islands and South Georgia...