Double-Crested Cormorant and Ring-Billed Gull Damage Management on Lake Champlain: Are Basin-Wide Objectives Achievable?

• Main Authors: Chipman, Richard, Slate, Dennis, Garland, Larry, Capen, David
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1997
• Subjects: ADC; double-crested cormorant; Lake Champlain; Larus delewarensis; nest removal; Phalacrocorax auritus; ring-billed gull; stakeholders; Environmental Health and Protection; Guano; Common tern; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ewdcc8/6; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/ewdcc8/article/1005/viewcontent/Chipman_et_al___final.pdf

Ring-billed gulls ( Larus delewarensis) and double-crested cormorants ( Phalacrocorx auritus) have nested on Lake Champlain since 1949 and 1982, respectively. Recent increases in cormorant nesting populations and pioneering activities of both species to previously uncolonized islands have resulted i...