Changes in breeding population sizes of Double-crested Cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus in the Humboldt Bay area, California, 1924–2017
Authors
PHILLIP J. CAPITOLO1*,2, HARRY R. CARTER2†, JULIE L. YEE3, GERARD J. McCHESNEY4, MICHAEL W. PARKER4,5, RICHARD J. YOUNG2,6, RICHARD T. GOLIGHTLY2 & W. BRECK TYLER1
1Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 115 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA *(phil.capitolo@gmail.com)
2Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife, Arcata, CA 95221, USA
3US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station, 2885 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
4US Fish & Wildlife Service, San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 1 Marshlands Rd., Fremont, CA 94555, USA
5Current Address: California Institute of Environmental Studies, P.O. Box 1185, Davis, CA 95617, USA
6Current Address: Tetra Tech, Inc., 1750 SW Harbor Way, Ste. 400, Portland, OR 97201, USA
Citation
CAPITOLO, P.J., CARTER, H.R., YEE, J.L, McCHESNEY, G.J., PARKER, M.W., YOUNG, R.J., GOLIGHTLY, R.T. & TYLER, W.B. 2019. Changes in breeding population sizes of Double-crested Cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus in the Humboldt Bay area, California, 1924–2017.
Marine Ornithology 47: 115
- 126
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.47.1.1300
Submitted 17 September 2018, accepted 07 February 2019
Date Published: 2019/04/15
Date Online: 2019/04/02
Key words: aerial surveys, California, Double-crested Cormorant, Humboldt Bay, Phalacrocorax auritus, population trends