Symposia

Published Proceedings of Symposia of the Pacific Seabird Group

At irregular intervals, the Pacific Seabird Group holds symposia at its Annual Meetings. There are specific guidelines for proposing symposia or special paper sessions at PSG Annual Meetings. Please review the Symposia Guidelines before submitting your proposal. Download the Guidelines for Submitting Funding Requests if you’re interested in funding assistance for the publication of PSG-sponsored symposia.

Population Status and Trends of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris M. Kissling and S. F. Hatch (Editors). 2011. Marine Ornithology, Forward to Symposium, Issue 39: 1-2.

The Salish Sea Ecosystem: Status and Impacts of Changes on Marine Birds S. F. Hatch (Ed.), D. F. Bertram, J. Bower, and P. D. O’Hara (Guest Editors). 2009. Marine Ornithology, Salish Sea Symposium, Issue 37: 1-76.

Seabirds as Indicators of Marine Ecosystems W. J. Sydeman, J. F. Piatt, and H. I. Browman (Editors). 2007. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Girdwood, Alaska, February 2006. Published December 2007 in Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol. 352: 199-309.

Biology and Conservation of Xantus’s Murrelet (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) H. R. Carter, S. G. Sealy, E. E. Burkett, and J.F. Piatt (Editors). 2005. Special Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group Conference, January, 2005, Portland, Oregon. Marine Ornithology 33(2): 81-159.

Biology and Conservation of the American White Pelican D. W. Anderson, D. T. King, and J. Coulson (Editors). 2005. Waterbirds 28 (Special Publication 1): 1-112.

Seabird Bycatch: Trends, Roadblocks and Solutions E. F. Melvin and J. K. Parrish (Editors). 2001. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Semiahmoo Washington, February 1999. University of Alaska Sea Grant, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Behaviour and Ecology of Sea Ducks R. I. Goudie, M. R. Petersen, and G. J. Robertson (Editors). 1999. Proceedings of the Pacific Seabird Group Symposium, Victoria, British Columbia, 8-12 November 1995. A special publication compiled by the Canadian Wildlife Service for the Pacific Seabird Group. Published 1999 as Canadian Wildlife Service, Occasional Paper Number 100. Catalog Number CW69-1/100E.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Seabird Restoration Workshop K. I. Warheit, C. S. Harrison, G. J. Divoky. 1997. EVOS Restoration Workshop, Girdwood, Alaska, September-October 1995. Pacific Seabird Group Technical Publications, Number 1.

Biology of Marbled Murrelets – Inland and at Sea S. K. Nelson and S. G. Sealy (Editors). 1995. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, February 1993. Published 1995 in Northwestern Naturalist, Volume 76, Number 1.

The Status, Ecology, and Conservation of Marine Birds of the North Pacific K. Vermeer, K. T. Briggs, K. H. Morgan, and D. Siegal-Causey (Editors). 1993. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, British Columbia, February 1990. Published 1993 as Canadian Wildlife Service, Special Publication, Ministry of Supply and Services, Canada. Catalog Number CW66-124-1993E.

Status and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet in North America H. R. Carter and M. L. Morrison (Editors). 1992. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, California, December 1987. Published October 1992 in Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Volume 5, Number 1.

Auks at Sea S. G. Sealy (Ed.). 1990. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Pacific Grove, California, December 1987. Published December 1990 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 14.

Ecology and Behavior of Gulls J. L. Hand, W. E. Southern, and K.Vermeer (Editors). 1987. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Colonial Waterbird Society and the Pacific Seabird Group, San Francisco, California, December 1985. Published June 1987 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 10.

Marine Birds: Their Feeding Ecology and Commercial Fisheries Relationships D. N. Nettleship, G. A. Sanger, and P. F. Springer (Editors). 1984. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Seattle, Washington, January 1982. Published 1984 as Canadian Wildlife Service, Special Publication. Out of print.

Tropical Seabird Biology R. W. Schreiber (Ed.). 1984. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 1982. Published February 1984 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 8.

Shorebirds in Marine Environments F. A. Pitelka (Ed.). 1979. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Pacific Seabird Group, Asilomar, California, January 1977. Published June 1979 in Studies in Avian Biology, Number 2.

Several PSG Symposia published in Studies in Avian Biology are available as pdf files here.

Symposia and other SAB titles of interest to marine bird folks include:

  • Status and Distribution of Alaska Birds
  • The Avifauna of the South Farallon Islands, California
  • Bird Communities at Sea off California: 1975 to 1983
  • Avian Foraging: Theory, Methodology, and Applications