Thickness of Common Murre (Uria aalge) eggshells in Atlantic Canada

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Pirie-Hay, Donaldw, Bond, Alexander L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Atlantic Canada; Bay of Fundy; Common Murre; Egg size; Eggshell thickness; Gull island; Machias Seal island; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and labrador; Uria aalge; Witless Bay; Canada; Canada Bay; Gull Island; Newfoundland; Uria lomvia; Seal Island; uria
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/b1db272d-d50b-420f-9c51-a5506f03f41a; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v128i1.1553; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84897101793&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84897101793&partnerID=8YFLogxK

reported values for eggshell thickness in Common Murre (Uria aalge) are few, and even fewer since the decline in use of organochlorine pesticides and other environmental pollutants that caused significant thinning of shells. The eggshells of Common Murres and Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) are am...