The diving behaviour of little penguins in Western Australia predisposes them to risk of injury by watercraft

• Published in: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
• Main Authors: Cannell, Belinda, Ropert‐coudert, Yan, Radford, Ben, Kato, Akiko
• Other Authors: The University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and School of Biological Sciences Australia, The University of Western Australia (UWA), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: behaviour; birds; coastal; marine park; recreation; shipping; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; New Zealand; Penguin Island
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-02462199; https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3272

International audience The most western little penguin colony globally, and the most northern in Western Australia (WA) is found on Penguin Island, WA. The penguins use coastal bays that are also used extensively by recreational watercraft. These penguins have been found to either dive predominantly...