Seabirds of Arrecife Alacranes, Mexico: Baseline Data Before Rodent Eradication and Oil Spill Effects

• Main Authors: Velarde, Enriqueta, Morales-Vera, Thor, Keith, Edward O., Ruz-Rosado, Francisco Daniel, de la Cueva, Horacio, Gonzalez, Monica
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: NSUWorks 2011
• Subjects: Marine Biology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Chica; Perez; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations/367

Arrecife Alacranes, the northernmost reef zone of the Gulf of Mexico, harbors the largest nesting seabird concentrations of the region (ca. 70,000 nests), and is a Mexican federal protected area. Some important threats to the area are oil extraction, introduced species (main cause of extinction in i...