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2. SUCCESSFUL BREEDING BY BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES RISSA TRIDACTYLA AT THE ONLY COLONY ALONG CANADA’S PACIFIC COAST.

Author

HART, KIRK A., WRIGHT, KENNETH G., PATTISON, VIVIAN, and HIPFNER, J. MARK

Subjects
*COLONIES (Biology), *COASTS, *FISH breeding, *LATITUDE
Abstract

The Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla is a widely distributed and well-studied northern hemisphere seabird. Authoritative publications document the existence of breeding colonies in Canada’s Arctic and Atlantic regions but not in the Pacific region. We visited the small (ca. 50 pairs in recent years) kittiwake breeding colony at Holland Rock, British Columbia, in July and August 2021, and documented what we believe to be the first record of successful breeding at this site. Previous records have documented successful breeding no further south than 58° latitude in Alaska, ~600 km to the north, making Holland Rock the southernmost colony in the eastern Pacific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022

3. ESTIMATING STREAKED SHEARWATER CALONECTRIS LEUCOMELAS ABUNDANCE IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA USING AUTOMATED ACOUSTIC RECORDERS.

Author

HART, KIRK A., OPPEL, STEFFEN, HUMPHRIES, GRANT R. W., BLACKBURN, ANDREW, and KI-BAEK NAM

Subjects
*COLONIES (Biology), *COLONIAL birds, *ACOUSTIC models, *BIRD population estimates, *SHEARWATERS
Abstract

Traditional methods to assess population size in seabirds are applicable only to species that nest in visible locations, leaving cryptic nocturnal, burrow-nesting seabirds underrepresented in typical long-term population monitoring programs. Alternative methods to count burrow-nesting birds, however, are extremely labor-intensive and therefore are applicable only to small and possibly unrepresentative areas, and may have negative effects on burrow-nesting populations. We suggest the use of automatic acoustic recorders as a possible survey technique to overcome logistic difficulties of research of seabirds on remote islands in the Republic of Korea, where funding for ecological research is extremely limited but where globally important seabird colonies exist. In this study, we used automated acoustic recorders to model the relationship between call activity and known abundance of the Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas at sites on Sasu Island, the largest breeding colony that exists in Korea, supplemented by data from the closely related Cory's Shearwater C. borealis. Based on a positive relationship between breeding burrow density and call activity, we cautiously estimated the population size of the Streaked Shearwaters to be 95-278 pairs at another breeding colony on Chilbal Island. Although this method may not be precise enough to estimate the exact population size of a seabird species at a location, it can provide coarse estimates that can be used to track relative changes over time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021

4. BRIDGING THE GAP FROM STUDENT TO SENIOR SCIENTIST : RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ENGAGING EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS IN PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES

Author

Humphries, Grant R. W., Flemming, Scott A., Gladics, Amanda J., Hammer, Sjurdur, Hart, Kirk A., Hirata, Kazuhiko, Antolos, Michelle, Kappes, Peter J., Magnusdottir, Ellen, Major, Heather L., McDuie, Fiona, McOmber, Kristina, Orben, Rachael A., Schmid, Moritz S., Wille, Michelle, Humphries, Grant R. W., Flemming, Scott A., Gladics, Amanda J., Hammer, Sjurdur, Hart, Kirk A., Hirata, Kazuhiko, Antolos, Michelle, Kappes, Peter J., Magnusdottir, Ellen, Major, Heather L., McDuie, Fiona, McOmber, Kristina, Orben, Rachael A., Schmid, Moritz S., and Wille, Michelle

Abstract

Despite their long-standing and central role in the dissemination, promotion and defense of science. scientific societies currently face a unique combination of economic, social and technological changes. As a result, one of the most pressing challenges facing many societies is declining membership due to reduced recruitment and a failure to retain members, particularly early-career scientists (ECSs). To ensure that professional biological societies retain long-term viability and relevance, the recruitment and retention of ECSs needs to be a main priority. Here we propose a series of recommendations that we, a group of ECSs, believe will help professional societies better integrate and retain ECSs. We discuss each recommendation and detail its implementation using examples from our personal experiences in the global seabird research and management communities and from our collective experience as members of several professional societies. We believe these recommendations will not only help recruit and retain ECSs as society members, but will also directly benefit the organizations themselves.

Published
2016

5. Software Validation Infrastructure for the Atlas High-Level Trigger Validation and Infrastructure for the ATLAS High-Level Trigger

Author

Stefan Ask, Denis Oliveira Damazio, Long Zhao, Fernando Monticelli, Pierre-Hugues Beauchemin, Danilo Enoque Ferreira de Lima, Regina Kwee, Simon George, Diego Julian Rodriguez Patarroyo, Jiri Masik, Andrea Venturi, D. M. Strom, Natalia Panikashvili, Jose de Seixas, Andreas Reinsch, Fernando Quinonez Granados, Mark Sutton, Andrew Hamilton, N. B. Sinev, Andrea Coccaro, Cristina Adorisio, C. T. Potter, W. Ehrenfeld, Olga Igonkina, Paul Bell, Ricardo Gonçalo, Valeria Perez Reale, Julie Hart Kirk, Allen Irving Mincer, Peter John William Faulkner, Chihiro Omachi, Michela Biglietti, and Frank Winklmeier

Subjects
High level trigger, business.industry, Atlas (topology), Computer science, Software engineering, business
Published
2009
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6. Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas of the Korean Peninsula: distribution, status and potential threats.

Author

HART, KIRK A., JEONG-CHIL YOO, KI-BAEK NAM, CHANG-YONG GHOI, BOND, ALEXANDER L., and HUMPHRIES, GRANT R. W.

Abstract

About 90% of the global population of Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas breed on islands in the seas around Japan. The species's status and distribution in Japan is fairly well documented, but for the Korean part of the breeding range, only limited information in Korean language sources exists. The species was first described in Korea in the 1880s and first studied on the breeding grounds by Japanese researchers in 1923. Our objectives were to compare and update information on the distribution of Streaked Shearwaters around the Korean Peninsula and discuss threats and conservation. An extensive literature review was undertaken and we made field visits to Chilbal Island, Ulleung Island, Gwan-eum Island and Juk Island to assess the presence and status of the species at these locations. In total, we collated data from 27 Korean islands of which 19 had confirmed Streaked Shearwater colonies, four possibly had colonies, one had no colony and the species had probably been extirpated from the other three. The biggest threat to the Korean colonies is from introduced predatory mammals such as rats Rattus sp. and domestic cats and dogs. Introduced predators are present on at least 10 of the 24 islands where Streaked Shearwaters currently breed, have bred or are evidently present. Introduced species severely reduce reproductive success on Sasu Island and have caused or contributed to extirpation on three other islands. Other threats include fisheries bycatch, oil spillage and military activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015

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