Distribution of marine birds on Georges Bank and adjacent waters. Technical progress report, 1 January--31 August 1978

The work accomplished during the period covered in this technical progress report demonstrates the importance, interest, and necessity of a distribution study of marine birds in the Georges Bank area on a national and international scale. Cooperation was extended by the U.S. National Marine Fisherie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powers, K.D.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Manomet Bird Observatory, MA (USA) 1978
Subjects:
Vertebrates 520100* > Environment
Aquatic > Basic Studies > (-1989)
Atlantic Ocean
Species Diversity
520500 > Environment
Aquatic > Site Resource & Use Studies > (-1989)
Ecosystems
Data
Surface Waters
Continental Shelf
Animals
59 Basic Biological Sciences
Continental Margin
Aquatic Ecosystems
Bering Sea
Seas
Data Compilation
Numerical Data
Birds
Population Dynamics
Management
Information
Data Base Management
Arctic Ocean
54 Environmental Sciences
Pacific Ocean
550100 > Behavioral Biology
Arctic
Pacific
Chukchi
North Atlantic
Zooplankton
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2172/6573328
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1193459/
Description
Summary:The work accomplished during the period covered in this technical progress report demonstrates the importance, interest, and necessity of a distribution study of marine birds in the Georges Bank area on a national and international scale. Cooperation was extended by the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Coast Guard, and by the Canadian Wildlife Service, Halifax, N.S., AltantNIRO, Kaliningrad, USSR, and Federal Republic of Germany. Two sampling methods, fixed-area and total bird counts, were effectively employed, which allow comparable data bases with marine bird distribution information being collected in the North Pacific, Bering and Chukchi Seas (Outer Continental Shelf Energy Assessment Program), and in the North Atlantic and Canadian Arctic (CWS and The Seabird Group). A marine bird data retrieval bank is being developed for MBO seabird data at the USFWS Migratory Bird and Habitat Research Laboratory. A food habits bibliography and prey item/bird species summary table for marine birds in the western North Atlantic has been prepared from existing literature. Unpublished NMFS data on zooplankton/ichthyoplankton, and ground fish is being made available for possible correlations in distribution of selected prey items with bird species.

Similar Items