Population census of blue petrels Halobaena caerulea at Mayes Island, Iles Kerguelen

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Barbraud, Christophe, Delord, Karine
• Other Authors: Centre d'études biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2006
• Subjects: burrow density; burrow occupancy; playback; population size; sampling; envir; demo; Burrows; Kerguelen; Southern Ocean; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200600023X; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00182566/file/BAS18.pdf; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00182566

International audience The blue petrel (Halobaena caerulea) is a small pelagic seabird breeding on just a few Southern Ocean islands. Although it is known that oceanographic and climatic variability affect mortality rates, individual body condition and reproductive success, very few data are availab...