作者: Henri Weimerskirch , Antoine Catard , Peter A Prince , Yves Cherel , John P Croxall
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00039-1
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摘要: In the Southern Ocean white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis form majority of bird bycatch in longline fisheries. Satellite tracking breeding birds from Crozet islands and South Georgia indicates that during incubation they have longest mean foraging ranges ever recorded for a seabird, 2390 2190 km. travel to coast Africa at 3495 km, into subtropical waters as well Antarctic waters. reach northern Patagonian shelf. all these areas are potentially contact with These results indicate conservation measures limited insufficient protect seabirds such extensive ranges.