TY - CHAP
T1 - Chapter 7 - Seabirds
AU - Provencher, Jennifer F.
AU - Borrelle, Stephanie
AU - Sherley, Richard B.
AU - Avery-gomm, Stephanie
AU - Hodum, Peter
AU - Bond, Alex
AU - Major, Heather L.
AU - Mccoy, Karen D.
AU - Crawford, Rory
AU - Merkel, Flemming
AU - Votier, Stephen
AU - Reynolds, Michelle
AU - Hatfield, Jeff
AU - Spatz, Dena
AU - Mallory, Mark
N1 - Output produced while author was affiliated to RSPB Centre for Conservation Science. Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Seabirds have a global distribution, are numerous throughout the world’s oceans, and have been used for decades to track and understand changes in the marine environment. They are dependent on a variety of ecosystems, including terrestrial, coastal, and pelagic, and are thus vulnerable to both marine and terrestrial environmental stressors. This chapter examines impacts on seabird populations that occur in the marine environment and are global in nature (touch more than one ocean basin). Both widespread (i.e., climate change induced alterations to marine food webs and sea level rise) and more point-source impacts (i.e., incidental bycatch in fisheries, hunting) are discussed. Additionally, natural occurrences in marine ecosystems (i.e., oceanographic regime shifts, parasites) and issues related to anthropogenic activities (i.e., plastic and oil pollution) are covered. Lastly, we discuss marine protected areas and other efforts aimed at conserving global seabird populations, including colony restoration, community-based research, and international conservation actions.
AB - Seabirds have a global distribution, are numerous throughout the world’s oceans, and have been used for decades to track and understand changes in the marine environment. They are dependent on a variety of ecosystems, including terrestrial, coastal, and pelagic, and are thus vulnerable to both marine and terrestrial environmental stressors. This chapter examines impacts on seabird populations that occur in the marine environment and are global in nature (touch more than one ocean basin). Both widespread (i.e., climate change induced alterations to marine food webs and sea level rise) and more point-source impacts (i.e., incidental bycatch in fisheries, hunting) are discussed. Additionally, natural occurrences in marine ecosystems (i.e., oceanographic regime shifts, parasites) and issues related to anthropogenic activities (i.e., plastic and oil pollution) are covered. Lastly, we discuss marine protected areas and other efforts aimed at conserving global seabird populations, including colony restoration, community-based research, and international conservation actions.
U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-12-805052-1.00007-3
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-805052-1.00007-3
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780128050521
SP - 133
EP - 162
BT - World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation
PB - Elsevier
ER -