Kauai endangered seabird study. Volume 1: Interactions of Dark-Rumped Petrels and Newell`s Shearwaters with utility structures on Kauai, Hawaii. Final report
- Alaska Biological Research, Inc., Fairbanks, AK (United States)
Declining populations of two endangered species of seabirds on Kauai, Hawaii--the Dark-Rumped Petrel and Newell`s Shearwater--have been the emphasis of a three-year research program to determine the causes of bird mortality and fallout and to recommend preventive measures. This study refined scientific understanding of the timing of bird movements, enabling future biologists to sample rates of avian traffic more efficiently and perhaps better identify the times when it would be most beneficial to reduce outdoor lighting, which has been linked to fallout. The study also identified three specific areas where collisions would be most beneficial. A sampling site was established in the highlands along a transmission line that runs from the south shore to the north shore through the interior and in proximity to several shearwater colonies. This site has provided a much clearer picture of Procellariiform behavior and collision mortality rates in the coastal areas. Volume 2 of this report describes the ecology of the Dark-Rumped Petrel and Newell`s Shearwater on the island of Kauai.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Alaska Biological Research, Inc., Fairbanks, AK (United States); Kauai Electric, Eleele, HI (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 207499
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-105847-V1
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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