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TI Status and trends of albatrosses in the French Southern Territories, Western Indian Ocean
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AF WEIMERSKIRCH, Henri
   DELORD, Karine
   BARBRAUD, Christophe
   LE BOUARD, Fabrice
   RYAN, Peter G.
   FRETWELL, Peter
   MARTEAU, Cedric
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1,2;5:4;6:2;7:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;
C1 Univ Rochelle, CNRS, Ctr Etud Biol Chize, F-79360 Villiers En Bois, France.
   Reserve Natl Terres Australes Francaises, St Pierre, Reunion, France.
   Univ Cape Town, FitzPatrick Inst African Ornithol, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa.
   British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Rd, Cambridge, England.
C2 UNIV ROCHELLE, FRANCE
   RESERVE NATL TERRES AUSTR FRANC, FRANCE
   UNIV CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
   BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY, UK
IF 2.002
TC 26
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00440/55192/83479.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Crozet;Kerguelen;Amsterdam;Fisheries;Monitoring
AB Today albatrosses are threatened worldwide, especially by fishing activities, and many populations are currently in decline. Albatrosses breeding at the French Southern Territories in the south-western Indian Ocean, on the Crozet, Kerguelen and Saint-Paul–Amsterdam island archipelagos, are monitored regularly. This monitoring has been based on a sample of species and sites, and there was a need for an assessment of the population trends for all species at each site. During the past 3 years most populations have been surveyed, allowing an assessment of the trends of albatrosses breeding at the archipelagos of the French Southern Territories over the past 40 years. Wandering Albatrosses show similar trends at all sites within the Crozet and Kerguelen archipelagos, with a recent recovery of colonies after strong declines in the 1970s. Amsterdam Albatrosses are increasing, albeit at lower rates during recent years. Indian Yellow-nosed Albatrosses show a global decline over the entire range. The trends among Black-browed and Grey-headed Albatrosses vary between colonies and archipelagos. Sooty Albatrosses have continuously decreased in numbers whereas Light-mantled Albatross numbers vary considerably between years, with an overall increase over the past 30 years. These results confirm that the French Southern Territories in the southwest Indian Ocean support a significant portion of the world populations of several albatross species. Several species appear to be steadily decreasing probably because of the impact of fisheries and disease outbreaks. The reasons for different trends among populations of the same species are not well understood and require further investigation. 
PY 2018
PD OCT
SO Polar Biology
SN 0722-4060
PU Springer
VL 41
IS 10
UT 000445212100005
BP 1963
EP 1972
DI 10.1007/s00300-018-2335-0
ID 55192
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