White-chinned petrel distribution, abundance and connectivity have circumpolar conservation implications

• Main Author: Rexer-Huber, Kalinka
• Other Authors: Robertson, Bruce, Waters, Jonathan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2017
• Subjects: seabird; Procellaria aequinoctialis; subantarctic; Southern Ocean; biogeography; fisheries bycatch; abundance; population size; Auckland Island; Campbell Island; burrow density; distance sampling; tracking; geolocator; GLS; multi-colony; foraging; movement ecology; migration; spatial segregation; non-breeding; population genomics; GBS; genetic differentiation; conservation units; metapopulation; mitochondrial DNA; Indian; Major Island; New Zealand; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/7778

Albatrosses and petrels are a group of oceanic seabirds that spend most of their lives at sea. The Southern Ocean, which rings Antarctica in a continuous belt of wind and currents, supports most of the world’s albatrosses and petrels. The conservation status of many oceanic seabirds has deteriorated...