Project Information

Title: APEX: Black-Legged Kittiwake Feeding Experiment 96163-N

Project Year and Number: 1996: 96163-N

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1998: 98163-N, 1997: 97163-N

Principal Investigator (PI): Marc Romano (US Fish & Wildlife Service)

Managing Agency: USGS

Assisting Personnel: Sasha Kitaysky, John Piatt, Dan Roby

Research Location: PWS/KAP

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Common Murres, Kittlitz's Murrelets, Marbled Murrelets, Pigeon Guillemot

Abstract: Declines in the availability of high quality forage fishes (herring, sand lance, capelin) have apparently contributed to the lack of recovery of some fish-eating seabirds (murres, guillemots, murrelets) that were injured by the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This experimental study will test the hypothesis that diet quality (lipid content, energy density, lipid:protein ratio) constrains the growth, development, and survival of young piscivorous seabirds.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY96: View (664 KB)
Final Report: See Project 98163-N

Publications from this Project: None Available