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Inventory and monitoring of seabirds in National Park of American Samoa
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Title: | Inventory and monitoring of seabirds in National Park of American Samoa |
Authors: | O’Connor, Paul J. Rauzon, Mark J. |
LC Subject Headings: | Sea birds -- American Samoa. Bird surveys -- American Samoa. National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa) Tutuila Island (American Samoa) |
Date Issued: | Oct 2004 |
Publisher: | Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany |
Citation: | O'Conner PJ, Rauzon MJ. 2004. Inventory and monitoring of seabirds in National Park of American Samoa. Honolulu (HI): Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany. PCSU Technical Report, 136. 140 pages |
Series: | Technical Report 136 |
Abstract: | This first island-wide inventory and preliminary monitoring of American Samoa seabird populations has produced several significant results. The beginning of a seabird colony catalog has been established in a digital format. The protocol for surveying seabirds around Tutuila Island by boat is described, and future efforts can be compared to baseline results reported here. A detailed survey of the National Park lands around Tutuila is mapped and photographed and seabird distributions found in the 2000 round-island survey and 2003 partial-island survey are discussed. Our results support anecdotal evidence that the inaccessible north shore of Tutuila supports the majority of that island’s resident seabirds. Greater than 90% of Red-footed Boobies and Great Frigatebird observations during the Tutuila round-island survey were made in NPSA areas. The north shore areas are important for coastal cliff nesters such as Brown, Black Noddies and Blue Noddies, a species of international significance. Bridled Terns are extending their pan tropical range to include Tutuila, including Park areas. White Terns and White-tailed Tropicbirds are more evenly distributed across forests in Tutuila within as well as outside NPSA areas. |
Description: | Reports were scanned in black and white at a resolution of 600 dots per inch and were converted to text using Adobe Paper Capture Plug-in. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/29482 |
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