Population trends in a community of large Procellariiforms of Indian Ocean: Potential effects of environment and fisheries interactions

• Published in: Biological Conservation
• Main Authors: Delord, Karine, Besson, Dominique, Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, Henri
• 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 2008
• Subjects: Trends analysis; Crozet; Seabird monitoring; Breeding success; Fisheries-related mortality; Conservation status; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Indian; Giganteus; Possession Island; Antarc*; Diomedea exulans; Giant Petrel; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00310167; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.001

International audience Despite the worrying conservation status of several albatross and petrel population, the long-term trends of many populations remain largely unknown and the causes of decline in many cases are known or very strongly suspected to be incidental mortality in fisheries. Here we co...