Estimates of population size of white-chinned petrels and grey petrels at Kerguelen Islands and sensitivity to fisheries

• Published in: Animal Conservation
• Main Authors: Barbraud, Christophe, Delord, Karine, Marteau, Cédric, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (T.A.A.F.), Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2009
• Subjects: abundance; burrow density; distance sampling; Procellaria; white-chinned petrel; grey petrel; Kerguelen; [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Kerguelen Islands; Indian; Burrows
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00407219; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00248.x

International audience White-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis and grey petrels Procellaria cinerea are among the most frequently killed seabird species by accidental bycatch, and both species have received strong conservation concern. Data on population size are required to evaluate the im...