Restoration of Common Murre Colonies in Central California: Annual Report 2005

Mcchesney GJ, Eigner L, Poitras T, Kappes P, Fer DL, Nason LT, Capitolo PJ, Beeler H, Fitzpatrick CE, Golightly RT, Bixler KS, Carter HR, Kress SW, Parker MW. 2006. Restoration of Common Murre Colonies in Central California: Annual Report 2005. Restoration of Common Murre Colonies in Central California. US Fish and Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex. Newark, CA

Taken from Cover Letter written by Gerry McChesney: "...The annual reports describes the methods and tenth year (2005) results for the Common Murre Restoration Project... including the sixth consecutive year with 100 or more breedingn pairs of murres on Devil's Slide Rock which led to the elimination of social attraction equipment in 2006. Also, the installation of a remote video monitoring system on Devils Slide Rock vastly improved our monitioring capabilities and brought the restored murre colony to the world wide web...

Type
Published Report
Authors
Mcchesney, Gerald; Eigner, Lisa; Poitras, Travis; Kappes, Peter; Fer, Danielle; Nason, Levin; Capitolo, Phillip; Beeler, Heather; Fitzpatrick, Chadd; Golightly, Richard; Bixler, Kirsten; Carter, Harry; Kress, Stephen; Parker, Michael
Date of Issue
2006-12
Publisher
US Fish and Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Units
PORE
Keywords
Anthropogenic Disturbance, Apex Houston oil spill, Command Oil Spill, Common Murre (Uria aalge), Cormorants, Gill Nets, Mortality, nesting phenology, Oil Spills, seabird colonies

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