þÿ<html> <head> <meta name=Title content=METHODS> <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="36_1_9-17_files/filelist.xml"> <title>METHODS</title> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoCommentText, li.MsoCommentText, div.MsoCommentText {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoHeader, li.MsoHeader, div.MsoHeader {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoFooter, li.MsoFooter, div.MsoFooter {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; tab-stops:center 3.0in right 6.0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoCaption, li.MsoCaption, div.MsoCaption {margin-top:6.0pt; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} span.MsoCommentReference {font-size:8.0pt;} p.MsoBodyTextIndent, li.MsoBodyTextIndent, div.MsoBodyTextIndent {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:blue;} p.MsoBodyText2, li.MsoBodyText2, div.MsoBodyText2 {margin-top:0in; margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in; line-height:200%; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} em {} table.MsoNormalTable {font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoCommentSubject, li.MsoCommentSubject, div.MsoCommentSubject {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; font-weight:bold;} table.MsoTableGrid {font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} /* Page Definitions */ @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent align=center style='text-align:center;tab-stops: .5in'><span style='color:windowtext'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='tab-stops:.5in'><span style='color:windowtext'>ADAMS, J. &amp; TAKEKAWA, J. Y. 0000. At-sea distribution of radio-marked Ashy Storm-Petrels <i>Oceanodroma homochroa</i></span><span style='color:windowtext'> captured on the California Channel Islands. <i>Marine Ornithology</i></span><span style='color:windowtext'> 36: 9-17.</span></p> <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent style='tab-stops:.5in'><span style='color:windowtext'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>Small, rare, and wide-ranging pelagic birds are difficult to locate and observe at sea; therefore, little is known regarding individual movements and habitat affinities among many of the world s storm-petrels (Family Hydrobatidae). We relocated 57 of 70 radio-marked Ashy Storm-Petrels <i>Oceanodroma homochroa</i><span style='font-style:normal'> captured at three colonies in the California Channel Islands: Scorpion Rocks (2004, 2005), Santa Barbara Island (2004), and Prince Island (2005). Between 23 July and 22 September 2004, and 5 July and 4 August 2005, we flew 29 telemetry surveys, covered &gt;65,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2004) and &gt;43,000 km<sup>2</sup> (2005) of open ocean from San Nicolas Island north to the Farallon Islands and obtained 215 locations from 57 storm-petrels at sea. In both years, radio-marked storm-petrels were aggregated over the continental slope from Point Conception to Point Buchon, within the western Santa Barbara Channel, and over the Santa Cruz Basin between Santa Cruz, San Nicolas, and Santa Barbara Islands. Individuals captured in the Channel Islands ranged &gt;600 km and were located as far north as Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. This is the first study to use radiotelemetry to determine the at-sea distribution and movements for any storm-petrel species.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Key words: Ashy Storm-Petrel, <i>Ocanodroma homochroa</i><span style='font-style:normal'>, radiotelemetry, Channel Islands, at-sea distribution, use areas</span></p> </div> </body> </html>