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Movements by an adult male Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens connect protected areas in waters off northeastern South America.


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LUCAS PENNA SOARES SANTOS1,2*, CECÍLIA LICARIÃO3*, HEIDEGER LIMA DO NASCIMENTO3, RICARDO KRUL4, JULIANA KLEINSORGE5, LARISSA SCHMAUDER TEIXEIRA CUNHA6, PATRICIA PEREIRA SERAFINI2,7, & FÁBIO OLMOS8
1Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio), Núcleo de Gestão Integrada de Fernando de Noronha, Brazil (penna.lucas@gmail.com)
2ICMBio, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Aves Silvestres (CEMAVE), Brazil
3Instituto Retriz, Projeto Aves de Noronha, Brazil (licariaoclbl@gmail.com)
4Instituto Brasileiro para Medicina da Conservação - Tríade, Brazil
5Log Nature, Research and Technology Development Department for Biodiversity, Brazil
6Instituto Mar Adentro, Brazil
7Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Laboratório de Biomarcadores de Contaminação Aquática e Imunoquímica, Brazil
8Perfin Climate, Brazil

Citation

Santos., L. P. S., Licarião., C., Nascimento, H. L., Krul, R., Kleinsorge, J., Cunha, L. S. T., Serafini, P. P., & Olmos, F. 2025. Movements by an adult male Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens connect protected areas in waters off northeastern South America.. Marine Ornithology 53: 265 - 271
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.53.2.1646

Received 18 April 2025, accepted 10 June 2025

Date Published: 2025/10/15
Date Online: 2025/08/26
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Key words: coastal management, marine environments, seabird movement, seamounts, South Atlantic, spatial connectivity, stopovers

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