Tissue Distribution of Perfluorinated Surfactants in Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) from the Baltic Sea

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 5879-5884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urs Berger
2001 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
pp. 305-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Österblom ◽  
A Bignert ◽  
T Fransson ◽  
O Olsson

2002 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 309-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Österblom ◽  
Thord Fransson ◽  
Olof Olsson

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (1–2) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Mårten B Hjernquist ◽  
Måns Hjernquist ◽  
Björn Hjernquist

Common Guillemots Uria aalge often breed high up in cliffs, forcing the juveniles to jump down to the beach or sea when leaving their nests. We studied survival of Common Guillemot chicks at time of nest departure on the island Lilla Karlsö in the Baltic Sea. All jumps were conducted either together with one of the parents, or, more commonly, the parent flew down shortly before the chick jumped. At this point, the parent was always found waiting for the chick directly underneath the nest, either on the beach or in the water, and never farther out than five meters if there was no beach below the cliff. If separated, all observed parents and juveniles reunited within one minute and then swam close together out to sea. Juvenile mortality was very low, only 0.5% in 2011, with 2 of 426 chicks dying. In both cases hitting a lower cliff ledge caused the mortality. No case of predation was observed. The high survival rates are most likely due to the chicks’ close proximity to their male parent at all times.


2009 ◽  
Vol 407 (13) ◽  
pp. 4174-4183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hrönn Jörundsdóttir ◽  
Anders Bignert ◽  
Jörundur Svavarsson ◽  
Torgeir Nygård ◽  
Pál Weihe ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 2401-2411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daphne F. De Roode ◽  
M. Bodil Gustavsson ◽  
Anna-lea Rantalainen ◽  
Anette V. Klomp ◽  
Jan H. Koeman ◽  
...  

Ibis ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Österblom ◽  
Henk P. Van Der Jeugd ◽  
Olof Olsson

2005 ◽  
Vol 39 (22) ◽  
pp. 8630-8637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin Lundstedt-Enkel ◽  
Anna-Karin Johansson ◽  
Mats Tysklind ◽  
Lillemor Asplund ◽  
Kerstin Nylund ◽  
...  

Ornis Svecica ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2–4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Olsson ◽  
Jonas Hentati-Sundberg

The island of Stora Karlsö hosts the largest colonies of fish-eating seabirds in the Baltic Sea. However, recent and reliable estimates of the number of breeding pairs of the main species have been missing. Based on a complete census in 2014, we estimated the number of Common Guillemots Uria aalge to 15,700 pairs, more than half (up to 70%) of the Baltic Sea population. The number has almost tripled since the early 1970s and the increase has been particularly strong the last 11 years, with an annual increase of 5.1%. We counted 24,600 individual adult Razorbills Alca torda and estimated it to correspond to a maximum of 12,300 pairs in 2015–2016 (census over two seasons). The colony has grown strongly; on average by 5.6% annually since the early 1970s, and Stora Karlsö now hosts up to 30% of the Baltic Sea population. Stora Karlsö also hosts colonies with about 300 pairs each of Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus and Herring Gull Larus argentatus. The gulls’ trends are negative, with an average annual decline the last 10-year period by 5.0% and 6.2%, respectively.


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