Investigation of the 2018 thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) die-off on St. Lawrence Island rules out food shortage as the cause.

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Will, Alexis, Thiebot, Jean-Baptiste, Ip, Hon S., Shoogukwruk, Punguk, Annogiyuk, Morgan, Takahashi, Akinori, Shearn-Bochsler, Valerie, Killian, Mary Lea, Torchetti, Mia, Kitaysky, Alexander
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Article; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Savoonga; St Lawrence Island; thick-billed murre; Uria lomvia; Alaska; uria
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7949294/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33716412; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2020.104879

Die-offs of seabirds in Alaska have occurred with increased frequency since 2015. In 2018, on St. Lawrence Island, seabirds were reported washing up dead on beaches starting in late May, peaking in June, and continuing until early August. The cause of death was documented to be starvation, leading t...