þÿ<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta name=Title content="HARRIS, R"> <meta name=Keywords content=""> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=File-List href="34_2_115-122_files/filelist.xml"> <title>HARRIS, R</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>Gaston</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>Benjamin Saenz</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>2</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>1</o:TotalTime> <o:Created>2007-07-19T19:50:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2007-07-19T19:50:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>219</o:Words> <o:Characters>1250</o:Characters> <o:Company>Environment Canada</o:Company> <o:Lines>10</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>2</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>1535</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>11.773</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch> <o:TargetScreenSize>800x600</o:TargetScreenSize> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Compatibility> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Mincho"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-alt:"ÿ-ÿ3 fg"; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:12.0pt; mso-pagination:none; mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Times;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>HARRIS, R.J., TSENG, F.S., POKRAS, M.A., SUEDMEYER, B.A., BOGART, J.S.H., PRESCOTT, R.L. &amp; NEWMAN, S.H. 2006. Beached bird surveys in Massachusetts: the Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET). <i>Marine Ornithology </i></span><span style='font-family: "Times New Roman"'>34: 115-122.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET) is a collaborative project that investigates threats to marine and coastal birds in the northeastern U.S., relying upon volunteer citizen scientists  to monitor beaches regularly for beachcast birds. Prior to SEANET, systematic beached bird surveys had not been done on the Atlantic coast of the United States since the early 1980s. During the first two years of monitoring 41 beaches on Cape Cod and Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, beached birds of 32 species were encountered at an average rate (<u>+</u>SE) of 0.22<u>+</u>0.04 birds/km, with an overall oiling rate of 2.5% (5 of 199). A high degree of seasonal and inter-annual variation was revealed between 2003 and 2004, with the highest carcass encounter rates in spring of 2003 and fall of 2004. Species-specific mortality events, affecting Red-throated Loons <i>Gavia stellata</i></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> and Common Terns <i>Sterna hirundo </i></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>respectively<i>,</i></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'> influenced those patterns. Necropsies were performed on a subset of birds, revealing several potential causes of death, including emaciation and trauma. Anthropogenic causes of mortality included marine debris ingestion, pellet injuries, and entanglement in fishing gear. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:normal;tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Key words: beached bird surveys, chronic oiling, loons, mortality, necropsy, seabirds, terns<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>