Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon MC 252 blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, most surface
oil remained more than 40 km offshore, precluding reliable estimation of offshore avian …

Two separate approaches, a carcass sampling model and an exposure probability model,
provided estimates of bird mortalities of 600000 and 800000, respectively, from the 2010 …

Urban development has a marked effect on the ecological and behavioural traits of many
living organisms, including birds. In this paper, we analysed differences in the numbers of …

Long‐term demographic studies have recently shown that global climate change together
with increasing direct impacts of human activities, such as fisheries, are affecting the …

Marine monitoring efforts are increasingly supported by opportunistic shipboard surveys.
However, opportunistic survey methods often require adaptation to suit the vessel and the …

Oil spills most visibly affect waterbirds and often the number of birds affected, a key measure
of environmental damage from an incident, is required for public communication, population …

Conservation has moved from species-centered to ecosystem-based approaches: the
Marine Strategy Framework Directive requires the maintenance or restoration of 'Good …

Studies estimating species' distributions require information about animal locations in space
and time. Location data can be collected using surveys within a predetermined frame of …

Pulsed resources resulting from animal migrations represent important, transient influxes of
high resource availability into recipient communities. The ability of predators to respond and …

Since the first plans to develop offshore wind farms (OWFs), concerns have been raised
about the impacts on marine megafauna. Today, it is required to assess these impacts over …