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Dr.
David Hyrenbach
Office:
CTSA
# 1, Oceanic Institute
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Office
Hours:
(HLC,
2nd floor lanai)
Tu
& Th; 10:45 - 12:00
or
by appointment at CTSA #1, OI
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We will use two texts:
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Seabirds of Hawaii (1990)
Craig Harrison
Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press
(ISBN 0801424496)
(Google
Book)
On Reserve at Atherton Library
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Biology of Marine Birds (2002)
Elizabeth Anne Schreiber, Joanna Burger (Eds.)
Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press
(ISBN 0849398827)
(Google
Book)
On Reserve at Atherton Library
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The
PDFs posted on this page are for class use only.
Please
do not distribute.

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Week
1
- Course Introduction
and Foundations
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Meeting
1: Friday Aug. 31
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Lecture: Course Introduction
Required Readings:
Schreiber & Burger 2002 - chapter 1
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Lecture:
Taxonomy
and Phylogeny
Required Readings:
Schreiber & Burger 2002 - chapter 2
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Lecture:
Systematics and Distribution
Required Readings:
Harrison 1990 - chapter
1,
chapter 2, chapter
3
Schreiber & Burger 2002 - chapter 3
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Lecture
3

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Extra Readings
| Gregory, J. 1952. The Jaws of the Cretaceous
Toothed Birds, Ichthyornis and Hesperornis. Condor 54
(2): 73-88. |
(1.1
MB)

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Olson, S.L. & Hasegawa, Y. 1979. Fossil counterparts
of giant penguins from the North Pacific. Science 206: 688-689.
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(0.4
MB)

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Warheit, K.I. 1992. A Review of the Fossil Seabirds from
the Tertiary of the North Pacific: Plate Tectonics, Paleoceanography,
and Faunal Change. Paleobiology 18: 401-424.
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(2.7
MB)

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| Mayr, G. 2011. Cenozoic mystery birds; on the
phylogenetic affinities of bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae).
Zoologica Scripta 40: 448-467. |
(0.9
MB)

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Ainley, D.G. 1980. Geographic variation in Leachs
Storm-petrel. The Auk 97: 837-853.
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(1.1
MB)

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Smith, N.A., & Clarke, J.A. 2015. Systematics
and evolution of the Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes).
Journal of Avian Biology 45: 125-140.
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(0.7
MB)

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Meeting
2: Friday,
Sept. 7

Meeting
3: Friday,
Sept.
14
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Lecture:
Introduction
to
Colony
Monitoring
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Lecture
4

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Required
Reading:
Whittow,
G.C.
1997.
Wedge-tailed
Shearwater
(Puffinus
pacificus).
In
The
Birds
of
North
America,
No.
305
(A.
Poole
and
F.
Gill,
eds.).
The
Academy
of
Natural
Sciences,
Philadelphia,
PA,
and
The
American
Ornithologists
Union,
Washington,
D.C.
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(0.6
MB)

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Required
Reading:
Hyrenbach,
K.D. 2011.
Tale
of
Two
Years:
Monitoring
Wedge-tailed
Shearwaters
at
Freeman
Seabird
Preserve
in
Black
Point,
Oahu. 'Elepaio
71(3):
17-20.
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(1.0
MB)

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Lecture:
Intro
to
Molt
and
External
Examination
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Lecture
5

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Extra
Readings
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Hyrenbach, K.D., & Johnson, W. 2012. 2011: A
Mixed Year at the Freeman Seabird Preserve. 'Elepaio
72(2): 12-13.
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(0.7
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D., & Johnson, W. 2013. 2012: Record
breeding shearwater count at the Freeman Seabird Preserve.
'Elepaio 73(2): 12-13.
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(0.7
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D., & Johnson, W. 2014. Five Years
of Wedge-tailed Shearwater Monitoring and Habitat
Restoration at the Freeman Seabird Preserve: 2009
- 2013 'Elepaio 74(2): 5-6.
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(1.1
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D. 2015. 2014: Another Record Population
Count at the Freeman Seabird Preserve During a Year
of Average Breeding, 'Elepaio 75(2): 12-13.
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(0.3
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D. 2016. 2015: Another Record Population
Count at the Freeman Seabird Preserve During a Year
of Low Productivity, 'Elepaio 76(2): 13-14.
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(1.7
MB)

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Meeting
4: Friday,
Sept.
21
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Lab:
Molt
and
External
Examination
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Necropsy
Lab

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Lab:
Shearwater
Necropsies
Required
Reading
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Necropsy
Manual

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Required
Reading:
Bull,
L.S.,
et
al.
2005.
Patterns
of
size
variation
in
the
shearwater
genus
Puffinus.
Marine
Ornithology
33:
27-39.
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(0.5
MB)

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Extra
Readings
| Guicking,
D.,
et
al.
2004.
Morphometrics
of
the
pink-footed
shearwater
(Puffinus
creatopus):
influence
of
sex
and
breeding
site.Journal
of
Ornithology
145:
64-68. |
(0.2
MB)

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Haywood,
J.
&
Bull,
L.S.
2008.
Allometry
and
phenotypic
variation
in
the
morphometrics
of
Puffinus
shearwaters.
Marine
Ornithology
36:
53-57.
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(0.2
MB)

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Adams,
J.,
et
al.
2009.
Effects
of
geolocation
archival
tags
on
reproduction
and
adult
body
mass
of
Sooty
Shearwater
(Puffinus
griseus).
New
Zealand
Journal
of
Zoology 36(3):
355-366.
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(2.7
MB)

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Judge,
S.,
et
al.
2014.
Comparative
analyses
of
Hawaiian
Petrel
Pterodroma
sandwichensis
morphometrics.
Marine
Ornithology
42:
81-84.
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(0.1
MB)

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Meeting
5:
Friday,
Sept.
28
Meeting
5:
Friday,
Oct.
5
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Lecture:
Morphometrics
-
Results
&
Applications
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Required
Reading:
Serrano-Meneses,
M.A.,
&
Szekely,
T.
2006.
Sexual
size
dimorphism
in
seabirds:
sexual
selection,
fecundity
selection
and
differential
niche-utilisation.
Oikos
113:
385-
394.
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(0.1
MB)

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Extra
Readings
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Fairbairn,
J.
&
Shine,
R.
1993.
Patterns
of
sexual
size
dimorphism
in
seabirds
of
the
Southern
Hemisphere.
Oikos
68:
139-145.
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(0.8
MB)

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Croxall,
J.P.
1995.
Sexual
Size
Dimorphism
in
Seabirds.
Oikos
73:
399-403.
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(0.7
MB)

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Shine,
R.,
&
Fairbairn,
J.
1995.
Sexual
Size
Dimorphism
in
Seabirds:
A
Reply
to
Croxall.
Oikos
74:
146-148.
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(0.4
MB)

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Bugoni,
L.
&
Furness,
R.W.
2009.
Age
composition
and
sexual
size
dimorphism
of
albatrosses
and
petrels
off
Brazil.
Marine
Ornithology
37:
253
-
260.
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(0.1
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Meeting
6: Friday, Oct. 12
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Lecture:
Wing EcoMorphology
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Lecture
7

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Required
Reading:
Schreiber &
Burger 2002 - chapter 11
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Extra Readings
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Wilson, R.P., et al. 1992. Diving Birds
in Cold Water: Do Archimedes and Boyle Determine
Energetic Costs? American Naturalist
140(2): 179-200.
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(0.4
MB)

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Wood, K.W. 1993. Feeding behaviour, offal
preferences and tarsus shape of Puffinus
shearwaters off central New South Wales.
Notornis 40(2): 123-127.
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(0.2
MB)

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Weimerskirch, H., et al. 2000. Fast
and fuel efficient? Optimal use of wind
by flying albatrosses. Proceedings of the
Biological Society of London 267: 1869-1874.
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(1.3
MB)

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Sachs, G., et al. 2012. Flying at No Mechanical
Energy Cost: Disclosing the Secret of Wandering
Albatrosses. PLoS ONE 7(9): e41449. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041449
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(1.1
MB)

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Meeting
7: Friday,
Oct. 19
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Discussion:
Flying and Diving Adaptations
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Required
Reading:
Costa, D.P. 1991.
Reproductive and Foraging Energetics
of High Latitude Penguins, Albatrosses
and Pinnipeds: Implications for
Life History Patterns. American
Zoologist 31(1): 111-130.
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(0.6
MB)

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Lecture:
Seabird Physiology
Required
Reading:
Schreiber &
Burger 2002 - chapter 14
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Extra Readings
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Lovvorn, J.R., & Jones, D.R. 1994.
Biomechanical Conflicts between Adaptations
for Diving and Aerial Flight in Estuarine
Birds. Estuaries 17: 62-75.
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(0.4
MB)

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Boyd, I.L. 1997. The behavioral and physiological
ecology of diving. Trends in Ecology and
Evolution 12(6): 213-217.
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(1.0
MB)

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Schmidt, A., Alard, F., & Handrich,
Y. 2006. Changes in body temperatures in
king penguins at sea: the result of fine
adjustments in peripheral heat loss? American
Journal of Physiooglical Regulation and
Integrative Comparative Physiology 291:
608 - 618
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(0.6
MB)

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Meir, J.U., Stockard, T.K., Williams, C.L.,
Ponganis, K.V., & Ponganis, P.J. 2008.
Heart rate regulation and extreme bradycardia
in diving emperor penguins. Journal of Experimental
Biology 211: 1169-1179
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(0.6
MB)

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Meeting
8: Friday,
Oct. 26
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Lecture:
Seabird Foraging
Required
Readings:
Schreiber &
Burger 2002 - chapter 6
Harrison 1990
- chapter
7
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Lab:
Comparative Morphology
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Handout

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Extra Readings
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Duffy, D.C., & Jackson, S. 1986. Diet
Studies of Seabirds: a Review of Methods.
Colonial Waterbirds 9: 1-17.
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(1.0
MB)

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Hebshi, A.J., Duffy, D.C., & Hyrenbach,
K.D. 2008. Associations between seabirds
and subsurface predators around O'ahu, Hawaii.
Aquatic Biology 4: 89-98.
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(0.3
MB)

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Ballance, L.T., & Pitman, R.L. 1999.
Foraging ecology of tropical seabirds. In:
Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (Eds) Proceedings
22nd International Ornithological Congress,
Durban: 2057-2071.
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(0.3
MB)

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Hunt, G.L., Mehlum, F., Russell, R.W.,
Irons, D., Decker, M.B., & Becker, P.H.
1999. Physical processes, prey abundance,
and the foraging ecology of seabirds. In:
Adams, N.J. & Slotow, R.H. (Eds) Proceedings
22nd International Ornithological Congress,
Durban: 2040-2056.
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(0.1
MB)

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Meeting
9: Friday,
Nov. 2
Extra
Readings - Oceanographic Indicators
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Sydeman, W.J., Hester, M.M., Thayer, J.A.,
Gress, F., Martin, P., & Buffa, J. 2001.
Climate change, reproductive performance
and diet composition of marine birds in
the southern California Current system,
1969-1997. Progress in Oceanography
49(1-4):309-329.
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(1.0
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D., Fernández, P, &
Anderson, D.J. 2002. Oceanographic
habitats of two sympatric North Pacific
albatrosses during the breeding season.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 233:283-301.
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(0.7
MB)

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Hyrenbach, K.D., & Veit, R.R. 2003. Ocean
warming and seabird communities of the California
Current System: response at multiple temporal
scales. Deep-Sea Research II 50(14-16):2537-2565.
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(0.5
MB)

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Ballance, L.T., Pitman, R.L., & Reilly,
S.B. 1997. Seabird community structure along
a productivity gradient: importance of competition
and energetic constraint. Ecology 78:1502-1518.
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(0.3
MB)

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Extra
Readings - Pollutants and Toxicology
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Blévin P, et al. 2013. Wide Range
of Mercury Contamination in Chicks of Southern
Ocean Seabirds. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54508. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054508
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(0.3
MB)

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Finkelstein, M., et al. 2006. Albatross
species demonstrate regional differences
in North Pacific marine contamination. Ecological
Applications 16:678-686.
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(0.3
MB)

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Young, L.C., et al. 2009. Bringing home
the trash: do colony-based differences in
foraging lead to increased plastic ingestion
in Laysan Albatrosses? PLoS ONE 4(10): e7623dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007623
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(0.6
MB)

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Hardesty, B.D., Holdsworth, D., Revill,
A.T., & Wilcox, C. 2014. A biochemical
approach for identifying plastics exposure
in live wildlife. Methods in Ecology and
Evolution, doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12277
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(0.8
MB)

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Field
Trip:
Shearwaster
Banding
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Tuesday
-
Nov
6
Wednesday
-
Nov
7
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Meeting
10:
Friday,
Nov.
9
Extra
Readings
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Richdale,
L.E.
1945.
The
nestling
of
the
Sooty
Shearwater.
The
Condor
47(2):
45
-
62.
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(1.1
MB)

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Sagar,
P.,
M.,
&
Horning,
D.S.
1998.
Mass-related
survival
of
fledgling
Sooty
Shearwaters
Puffinus
griseus
at
The
Snares,
New
Zealand.
Ibis
140:
329-331.
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(0.3
MB)

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Huin,
N.,
Prince,
P.A.
2000.
Chick
growth
in
albatrosses:
curve
fitting
with
a
twist.
Journal
of
Avian
Biology
31:
418-425.
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(1.2
MB)

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Barbraud,
C.,
Lormee,
H.,
LeNeve,
A.
(2000).
Body
size
and
determinants
of
laying
date
variation
in
the
snow
petrel
Pagodroma
nivea.
Journal
of
Avian
Biology
31:
295-302.
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(1.6
MB)

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Braasch,
A.,
Schauroth,
C.,
&
Becker
P.H.
2009.
Post-fledging
body
mass
as
a
determinant
of
subadult
survival
in
Common
Terns
Sterna
hirundo.
Journal
of
Ornithology
150:
401407.
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(0.3
MB)

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Morrison,
K.W.,
et
al.
2009.
Wing
Length
and
Mass
at
Fledging
Predict
Local
Juvenile
Survival
and
Age
at
First
Return
in
Tufted
Puffins
(Fratercula
cirrhata).
The
Condor
111(3):
433-441.
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(0.3
MB)

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Meeting
11:
Friday,
Nov.
16
Extra
Readings
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Smith,
D.G.,
Polhemus,
J.T.,
&
VanderWerf,
E.A.
(2002)
Comparison
of
Managed
and
Unmanaged
Wedge-Tailed
Shearwater
Colonies
on
O'ahu:
Effects
of
Predation.
Pacific
Science
56:
451-457.
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(0.7
MB)

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Finkenstein,
M.E.,
et
al.
2010.
Assessment
of
demographic
risk
factors
and
management
priorities:
impacts
on
juveniles
substantially
affect
population
viability
of
a
long-lived
seabird.
Animal
Conservation
13:
148-156.
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(0.3
MB)

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Anderson,
D.J.,
et
al.
2008.
Population
status
of
the
Critically
Endangered
waved
albatross
Phoebastria
irrorata,
1999
to
2007.
Endangered
Species
Research
5:
185-192.
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(0.3
MB)

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Field
Trip:
Sunday,
Nov.
25

Meeting
12:
Friday,
Nov.
30
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Quiz
#4
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Demography
&
Population
Biology
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Discussion:
Growth
Analysis
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Growth
Results

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Lecture:
Conservation
&
Management
Required
Readings:
Schreiber
&
Burger
2002
-
chapter
17
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Discussion:
Conservation
Priorities
&
Dilemmas
Required
Reading:
Harrison
1990
-
chapter
16
&
chapter
17
&
chapter
18
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Lewison
et
al.,
2012

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Lecture:
Fisheries
Interactions
Required
Readings:
Schreiber
&
Burger
2002
-
chapter
16
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Lecture
15

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Extra
Readings
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Hyrenbach,
K.D.,
&
Dotson,
R.C. (2003). Assessing
the
susceptibility
of
female
Black-footed
Albatross
(Phoebastria
nigripes)
to
longline
fisheries
during
their
post-breeding
dispersal:
an
integrated
approach. Biological
Conservation,
112:
391-404.
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(0.5
MB)

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Guy,
T.J.,
et
al.
(2013)
Overlap
of
North
Pacific
albatrosses
with
the
U.S.
west
coast
groundfish
and
shrimp
fisheries.
Fisheries
Research,
147(6):
222-234.
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(2.4
MB)

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Anderson,
O.R.J.,
et
al.
(2011).
Global
seabird
bycatch
in
longline
fisheries.
Endangered
Species
Research,
14:
91-106.
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(0.2
MB)

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Meeting
14:
Friday,
Dec.
7
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In-Class
Final
Exam
(MARS
4040
&
MARS
6040)
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Class
Presentations
(MARS
4040
&
MARS
6040)
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Presenters
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Abstracts
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Presentations
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Joelle
Marchiani
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abstract1
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Cathryn
Wood
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Jessie
Hoffman
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Jenn
Urmston
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Ilana
Nimz
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JJ
Baczenas
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Bev
Beebe
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Ciera
McQuaid
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