Dedicated to the study and conservation of Pacific Seabirds and their environment.
Yasuko Suzuki (BirdLife International), Motohiro Ito and his students (Toyo University), and Nobuhiko Sato (in an advisory role; Fisheries Research and Education Agency) continued an experimental study on a gillnet bycatch mitigation technique in collaboration with Tokyo Sea Life Park in Japan. At a Common Murre (Uria aalge) and Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) aviary with…
My research team studies the hydrodynamics of foot propulsion in waterfowl in general and diving birds in particular. We use captive birds trained to swim underwater in a large pool facility designed to capture the motions of the birds and their feet underwater using high-speed video. We then analyze the movies to extract paddling kinematics…
Marine Ornithology is an open access journal that is published through a partnership of the African Seabird Group, Australasian Seabird Group, Dutch Seabird Group, Japanese Seabird Group, and Pacific Seabird Group.
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The objective of the Conservation Fund is to advance the conservation of seabirds in developing countries primarily in or bordering the Pacific Ocean by providing funds for conservation and restoration activities, and building within-country seabird expertise. Learn More »
