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| | | Seabirds |
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| | Conservation | | |  Seabird conservation concerns include: - bycatch (seabird/fisheries interactions),
- monitoring of seabird populations,
- seabird restoration following oil spills,
- establishment of seabird sanctuaries, and
- endangered species.
In some cases, removal of feral (non-native) predators is required, such as a project to remove rats, Rattus spp from small islands near Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska to restore seabird populations and another project to remove introduced arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus.
Population trends of seabirds differ greatly among species and sites so that long term ecological research is required. Researchers are relating seabird productivity and population trends to variations in climate, oceanography, and structure of the marine ecosystem. | | Photo title: Cormorant, Phalacrocorax coronatus (Namibia) | | Photo credit: FAO Fisheries | | |  | | Photo title: Seagulls at Waihiki Island, New Zealand | | Photo credit: Julia K Wells | | |  | | Photo title: Soofi gull, Larus hemprichi (Oman) | | Photo credit: FAO Fisheries | | | | |
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| Big NZ penguin reconstructed
BBC News Science and Environment Online bbc.co.uk 28 February 2012 |  |
| | A large extinct penguin has been reconstructed from fossil remains discovered in New Zealand. They show the 25 million-year-old Kairuku penguin was tall at 1.2m (4ft 2in), with an elongated beak and large flippers. | |
Read more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/new ... -17179607.
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