Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment 2019 - Shorebird and Seabird counts

John Keesing

doi:10.25919/dgzt-t965

Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment 2019 - Shorebird and Seabird counts

Citation

Keesing, John; Webber, Bruce L.; Hardiman, Lauren. Ashmore Reef Marine Park Environmental Assessment. Perth, Western Australia: CSIRO; 2021. csiro:EP2021-0674. https://doi.org/10.25919/dgzt-t965 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-13.

Description

For breedung seabirds, a single count was completed of active nests present on West, Middle and East Islands and Splittgerber Cay. The exception to this were the counts of Brown Booby, Black Noddy and Crested Tern nests on West Island. It was not possible to view all the breeding adults on this island without unduly disturbing the large numbers of nesting or roosting Sooty Terns and Brown Noddies. Single counts were also conducted of adult non-breeding birds such as Roseate and Bridled Terns.Further details of the observations and its limitations are in the cited paper

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Geographic Coverages

Ashmore Reef, Indian Ocean -12.2626 to -12.2260 Longitude: 122.1099 to 123.0967 Depths: 0 to 0 m

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John Keesing
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CSIRO Environment
Western Australia
AU

John Keesing
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CSIRO Environment
Western Australia
AU

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CSIRO Environment
Western Australia
AU