Seabird Group 10th International |
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| FINAL PROGRAMME | |
| Friday, 27 March 2009 | |
| 16:00-19:00 | Registration & mounting of posters |
| 19:00-19:05 | Opening |
| 19:05-19:15 | AEWA Announcement |
| 19:15-20:15 | The history of the Seabird Group (preliminary title) Chris Perrins (The Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, Oxford University, UK) |
| 20:15-22:15 | Icebreaker reception |
| 20:15-20:45 | Annual General Meeting Seabird Group |
| Saturday, 28 March 2009 | |
| 08:00-09:00 | Late registration and welcome coffee Mounting of posters |
| SESSION I – BREEDING ECOLOGY |
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| 09:00-09:25 | Breeding ecology of the Mediterranean subspecies of Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis Y.V. Albores-Barajas (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia; Department of Environmental Sciences, Italy) |
| 09:25-09:50 | Last laid, first served: an experimental approach to disentangle the effects of hatching asynchrony and testosterone in Common Tern chicks Alexander Braasch (Institute of Avian Research, Wilhemshaven, Germany) |
| 09:50-10:15 | Neighbours from hell: adult chick aggression in common guillemots Kate Ashbrook (University of Leeds; Institute of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Great Britain, UK) |
| 10:15-10:40 | Effects of white-tailed Eagles on the reproductive performance of Black-legged Kittiwakes; indications from a 26-year study in North Norway Tycho Anker-Nilssen (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Trondheim, Norway) |
| 10:40-11:20 |
Coffee/Tea break |
| SESSION II – FEEDING ECOLOGY, ENERGETICS & CONSERVATION I |
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| 11:20-11:45 | Royal penguin phenology: changes in the timing of egg-laying of a sub-Antarctic predator in response to a changing marine environment |
| 11:45-12:10 | Why Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis work hard in the Netherlands and live leisurely in Belgium Eric Stienen (Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Brussels, Belgium) |
| 12:10-12:35 | Are Norwegian gannet populations constrained by their foraging environment Emeline Pettex (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France) |
12:35-13:00
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Foraging along a marine productivity gradient: the plasticity of a pelagic seabird species, the Cory's shearwater Vitor H. Paiva (University of Coimbra; Institute of Marine Research, Portugal) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| SESSION III – FEEDING ECOLOGY, ENERGETICS & CONSERVATION II |
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| 14:00-14:25 | Do prolactin and corticosterone levels in breeding Common Terns influence their hatching success? Juliane Riechert (Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany) |
| 14:25-14:50 | A junk-food hypothesis for seabirds feeding on fishery waste David Grémillet (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France) |
| 14:50-15:15 | Resource acquisition in a top marine predator: assessing the impact of fishery discards on foraging strategies of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) Stephen Votier (University of Plymouth; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Great Britain, UK) |
| 15:15-15:40 | Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of Brown Skuas (Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi): an investigation using stable isotopes Orea Anderson (Queen's University of Belfast; School of Biological Sciences; Medical Biology Centre, Northern Ireland, UK) |
| 15:40-16:20 | Coffee/Tea break |
SESSION IV – FEEDING ECOLOGY, ENERGETICS & CONSERVATION III |
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| 16:20-16:45 | Thermodynamic modelling predicts energetic bottleneck for seabirds Jérôme Fort (Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France) |
| 16:45-17:10 | Exploring the real cost of parasites: a meta-analysis of experimental studies Maggie Watson (Charles Sturt University; Faculty of Science; School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Australia) |
| 17:10-17:35 | Marine litter monitoring by seabirds Jan Andries van Franeker (Wageningen IMARES, Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies, Netherlands) |
| 17:35-18:00 | Assessing the state of seabird communities in the NE Atlantic Ian Mitchell (Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, Great Britain, UK) (will be presented by Matt Parsons) |
| Evening programme | |
| 19:00-20:00 | Guided tour |
| 20:00-23:00 | Reception in ‘Brewery Halve Maan’ and conference dinner |
| Sunday, 29 March 2009 | |
| 08:30-09.00 | Information desk & welcome coffee |
| SESSION V – DISTRIBUTION & MIGRATION I | |
| 09:00-09:25 | Breeding distribution of the black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophrys – Global observation and prediction of the use of space by a wide-ranging, generalist marine predator Ewan Wakefield (British Antarctic Survey, UK) |
| 09:25-09:50 | The Arctic tern - champion trawler from pole to pole Carsten Egevang (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland) |
| 09:50-10:15 | Seabird conservation through site-based protection at sea: the first marine IBA inventory in Spain José Manuel Arcos (SEO/BirdLife, Madrid, Spain) |
| 10:15-10:40 | Modelling seabird distribution patterns in the south-eastern North Sea using hydrographic data Nele Markones (Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Working Group Marine Mammals and Birds, Germany) |
10:40-11:20 |
Coffee/Tea break |
| SESSION VI – DISTRIBUTION & MIGRATION II |
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| 11:20-11:45 | The shallow coastal zone in the SW-Netherlands as a concentration area for Red-throated divers; variation in occurrence in relation to weather and tide Martin Poot (Bureau Waardenburg bv, Culemborg, Netherlands) |
| 11:45-12:10 | Distribution of seabirds in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada Nils Guse (Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Working Group Marine Mammals and Birds, Germany) |
| 12:10-12:35 | Spatial distribution of seabirds in spring in the marginal ice zone off West Greenland Morten Frederiksen (University of Aarhus; National Environmental Research Institute; Department of Arctic Environment, Denmark) |
| 12:35-13:00 | Assessing dispersal and meta-populations in Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) using forensic techniques Anthony Bicknell (University of Plymouth; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Great Britain, UK) |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| SESSION VII – POPULATION ECOLOGY I |
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| 14:00-14:25 | Population ecology of roseate terns Sterna dougallii in NW Europe Norman Ratcliffe (The Seabird Group, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) |
| 14:25-14:50 | Sandeel availability and Atlantic puffin recruitment, mortality, and harvest in the Westman Islands Erpur S. Hansen (South Iceland Nature Centre, Sími, Iceland) |
| 14:50-15:15 | Use of ringing data to unravel demographic strategies in tropical vs. temperate roseate terns David Monticelli (Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux; Unité de Gestion des Ressources forestières et des Milieux naturels; Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Forestry, Belgium) |
| 15:15-15.40 | Climate changes affect juvenile survival and recruitment in the King penguin Céline Le Bohec (Marine Biological Station (Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Oslo, Norway) - will be presented by: Joel M. Durant from the same institution |
| 15.40-16:20 |
Coffee/Tea break |
| SESSION VIII – POPULATION ECOLOGY II |
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| 16:20-16:45 | Large-scale oceanic forces controlling the Atlantic puffin in S.-Iceland Freydis Vigfusdottir (University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland) |
| 16:45-17:10 | Using species specific foraging ranges can determine how intrinsic and extrinsic factors shape colony dynamics William James Grecian (University of Plymouth; Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, Great Britain, UK) |
| 17:10-17:35 | From cradle to early grave: juvenile mortality in European shags is related to poor foraging skills Francis Daunt (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; CEH Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) |
17:35-18:00 |
Telomere length in Common Terns in relation to age, reproduction and survival Christina Bauch (Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven, Germany) |
Update: 10-03-2009 |
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Conference secretariat (general queries, abstracts, registration):
Flanders Marine Institute
Seabird Group 10th International Conference
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