þÿ<html> <head> <meta name=Title content="RONCONI, 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="38_1_23-29_files/filelist.xml"> <title>RONCONI, R</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:Arial; panose-1:0 2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2;} @font-face {font-family:Times-Roman; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS Mincho"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} @font-face {font-family:Times-Italic; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial;} table.MsoNormalTable {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;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>RONCONI, R.A., SWAIM, Z.T., LANE, H.A., HUNNEWELL, R.W., WESTAGE, A.J. &amp; KOOPMAN, H.N. 2010. Modified hoop-net techniques for capturing birds at sea and comparison with other capture methods. <i>Marine Ornithology </i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family: "Times New Roman"'>38: 23 29.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>From 2005 to 2008 we developed modified hoop-nets to capture Great and Sooty shearwaters <i>Puffinus gravis </i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>and <i>P. griseus</i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, and Red-necked and Red phalaropes <i>Phalaropus lobatus </i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family: "Times New Roman"'>and <i>P. fulicarius </i></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'>in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Hoop-nets allowed daytime captures of more than 200 Great Shearwaters (average 3.4 birds per trip) but only 6 Sooty Shearwaters (0.1 birds per trip) without chumming. Sooty Shearwaters were captured more effectively at night using spotlights and dip-nets (approximately 1.8 birds per trip). Phalaropes (n = 17) were captured at night using spotlights and a lighter hoop-net. We caught 1.5 phalaropes per trip on average (range 0 to 8 individuals). We discuss the limitations of each technique and review reported methods used to capture other species floating and submerged mist-nets, net-guns, castnets, spotlighting, and other hoop-nets. The main advantage of our technique is the ability to catch shearwaters without chumming. It is the only known method for capturing phalaropes at sea. Techniques described here and other at-sea capture methods allow investigators to address new questions about seabird ecology.</span></p> </div> </body> </html>