Populations of surface-nesting seabirds at Marion Island, 1994/95-2002/03

• Main Authors: Crawford R.J.M., Cooper J., Dyer B.M., Greyling M.D., Klages N.T.W., Ryan P.G., Petersen S.L., Underbill L.G., Upfold L., Wilkinson W., De Villiers M.S., Du Plessis S., Du Toit M., Leshoro T.M., Makhado A.B., Mason M.S., Merkle D., Tshingana D., Ward V.L., Whittington P.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: breeding population; population decline; seabird; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean islands; Marion Island; Prince Edward Islands; Aptenodytes; Aptenodytes patagonicus; Aves; Catharacta; Catharacta antarctica; Chrysolophus; Chrysostoma; Ciconiiformes; Diomedea; Diomedea chrysostoma; Diomedea exulans; Eudyptes; Eudyptes chrysocome; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Gallus gallus; Laridae; Larus; Larus dominicanus; Macronectes giganteus; Macronectes halli; Phalacrocorax; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Phoebetria fusca; Phoebetria palpebrata; Pygoscelis; Pygoscelis papua; Spheniscidae; Sterna; Sterna virgata; Sterna vittata; Antarctic; Giganteus; Indian; Kerguelen; Antarc*; Antarctica; Giant Petrels; King Penguins
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13251

During the 1990s and early 2000s, populations of surface-nesting seabirds at Marion Island showed different trends, but for the majority of species numbers decreased. Reduced numbers of gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua, eastern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome filholi, Crozet shags Phalacroco...