Project Information

Title: Common Murre Population Monitoring 01144

Project Year and Number: 2001: 01144

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2002: 02144, 2000: 00144-A, 1999: 99144-A, 1998: 98144-A, 1997: 97144, 1996: 96144

Principal Investigator (PI): Dave Roseneau (US Fish & Wildlife Service)

Managing Agency: USFWS

Assisting Personnel: Vernon Byrd

Research Location: Chiswell Islands

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Common Murres

Abstract: This project is related to projects 98144 (which censused the Chiswell Islands murre nesting colonies in FY 98), 99144 (which censused the Barren Islands nesting colonies in FY 99), and 00144 (which provided funds for final report and manuscript preparation). It is based on the recommendation made by the principal investigator at the conclusion of the FY 98 study to recount the Chiswell Islands murre colonies in FY 00 or FY 01, and it is designed to collect additional murre population numbers data at this injured nesting complex. Data will be compared with counts made at the Chiswell Islands in 1989-1992 and 1998, and the results of these analyses will be used in combination with results from the 1989-1997 and 1999 Barren Islands studies to help determine the recovery status of common murres in the spill area.


Proposal: View (140 KB)

Reports:
Final Report: View (1,118 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available