AMoveE 2014: Ryan Huang
Channel: Movebank
Date: 20/05/2014

This talk was presented by Ryan Huang on 7 May 2014 as part of the Symposium on Animal Movement and the Environment, held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh.

Huang R, Pimm SL, Bass, OL, Jr, 2014, "Investigating anthropogenic and environmental impacts on sooty tern survivorship"

Abstract: Seabirds often make for useful sentinel species of ocean health due to their abundance and expansive ranges. This makes determining sources of mortality and locations of migratory and feeding routes crucial. The sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) is a common seabird that breeds at the Dry Tortugas National Park and has the typical characteristics of a sentinel species. Here I will present animal tracking data of the sooty tern using two types of data, data loggers that measure daylight in addition to satellite transmitters. In order to determine survivorship requires me to understand hurricane induced mortality by incorporating climate data in addition to tracking seabird movement. This data will help answer the questions of how anthropogenic disturbances and fisheries impact seabird populations while accounting for background mortality rates caused by the natural disturbances of the ecosystem.