| soldado virus (hughes group) from ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis (ixodoidea: argasidae) infesting sooty tern colonies in the seychelles, indian ocean. | in the summer of 1973, about 5,000 pairs of adult sooty terns abandoned a specific part of their breeding grounds on bird island in the seychelles. incubated eggs and newly hatched chicks were left unattended and the area was not reoccupied in 1974. numerous ornithodoros (alectorobius) capensis occurred in the deserted part in both years, but few or none in the area where bird breeding was normal. persons visiting the deserted area were bitten by many ticks and experienced severe pruritus persis ... | 1975 | 1200252 |
| the isolation of saumarez reef virus, a new flavivirus, from bird ticks ornithodoros capensis and ixodes eudyptidis in australia. | strains of a new flavivirus, for which the name saumarez reef virus is proposed, were isolated from seabird ticks collected from four localities. two strains were isolated from ticks of the species ornithodoros capensis neumann 1901 collected from the nests of sooty terns, sterna fuscata linnaeus 1766 on coral cays off the east coast of queensland, australia. the other three strains were isolated from ticks of the species ixodes eudyptidis maskell 1885 taken from two dead silver gulls larus nova ... | 1977 | 75000 |
| detection and phylogenetic characterization of a novel herpesvirus in sooty terns onychoprion fuscatus. | since 2005, we have recorded annual episodes of alphaherpesvirus outbreaks in chicks of magnificent frigatebird fregata magnificens on the ile du grand connétable nature reserve in french guiana. in 2009, we found sooty terns, onychoprion fuscatus, that live sympatrically with frigatebirds, with visible clinical signs of a potential viral infection. to determine if the symptoms observed in sooty terns could be associated with an alphaherpesvirus previously identified in frigatebirds, we carried ... | 2020 | 33088826 |
| an analysis of the response of sooty tern eggs to sonic boom overpressures. | it has been proposed that sonic booms caused a mass hatching failure of sooty terns in the dry tortugas in florida by cracking the eggshells. this paper investigates this possibility analytically, complementing previous empirical studies. the sonic boom is represented as a plane-wave excitation with an n-wave time signature. two models for the egg are employed. the first model, intended to provide insight, consists of a spherical shell, with the embryo represented as a rigid, concentric sphere a ... | 2002 | 11837961 |
| the sub-annual breeding cycle of a tropical seabird. | breeding periodicity allows organisms to synchronise breeding attempts with the most favourable ecological conditions under which to raise offspring. for most animal species, ecological conditions vary seasonally and usually impose an annual breeding schedule on their populations; sub-annual breeding schedules will be rare. we use a 16-year dataset of breeding attempts by a tropical seabird, the sooty tern (onychoprion fuscatus), on ascension island to provide new insights about this classical e ... | 2014 | 24714514 |
| trophic ecology drives contaminant concentrations within a tropical seabird community. | to support environmental management programs, there is an urgent need to know about the presence and understand the dynamics of major contaminants in seabird communities of key marine ecosystems. in this study, we investigated the concentrations and trophodynamics of trace elements in six seabird species and persistent organic pollutants (pops) in three seabird species breeding on grand connétable island (french guiana), an area where the increase in human population and mining activities has ra ... | 2017 | 28460236 |
| lead, mercury, and cadmium in feathers of tropical terns in puerto rico and australia. | levels of lead, cadmium, and mercury were examined in breast feathers of terns nesting on offshore islets near culebra, puerto rico and on michaelmas cay and heron island on the great barrier reef, australia. levels of all metals in these tropical terns were predicted to be lower than those of terns nesting in temperate regions, because the tropical species feed offshore of non-industrial areas where contamination should be less than for temperature-nesting species that feed in inshore estuaries ... | 1991 | 1958083 |
| trends in seabird breeding populations across the great barrier reef. | the great barrier reef is an iconic ecosystem, known globally for its rich marine biodiversity that includes many thousands of tropical breeding seabirds. despite indications of localised declines in some seabird species from as early as the mid-1990s, trends in seabird populations across the reef have never been quantified. with a long history of human impact and ongoing environmental change, seabirds are likely sentinels in this important ecosystem. using four decades of monitoring data, we es ... | 2020 | 32885491 |
| flight muscle enzyme activities do not differ between pelagic and near-shore foraging seabird species. | common terns (sterna hirundo), sooty terns (s. fuscata) and brown noddies (anous stolidus) are phylogenetically related seabirds that differ in field activity levels and daily energy expenditure. to test whether muscle metabolic capacities co-evolve with activity levels and energy expenditure, we collected pectoral muscle biopsies from members of each species, and measured the activities of key enzymes in oxidative metabolism (citrate synthase, cs), anaerobic metabolism (lactate dehydrogenase, l ... | 2005 | 15664312 |
| first report of chlorinated and brominated hydrocarbon pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic indian ocean island. | we report for the first time levels of persistent organic pollutants in marine bird eggs from an oceanic island in the indian ocean, the world's third largest ocean. ten eggs each of the common noddy, also known as the brown noddy (anous stolidus), and sooty tern (sterna fuscata) were collected from ile cocos off the coast of the island of rodrigues, located 560 km east of the island of mauritius. σpcbs had the highest levels (2.2 and 2.6n g/g wm, wet mass; 20 and 19 ng/g lm, lipid mass) for com ... | 2012 | 22694834 |
| serological evidence for the circulation of flaviviruses in seabird populations of the western indian ocean. | birds play a central role in the epidemiology of several flaviviruses of concern for public and veterinary health. seabirds represent the most abundant and widespread avifauna in the western indian ocean and may play an important role as host reservoirs and spreaders of arthropod-borne pathogens such as flaviviruses. we report the results of a serological investigation based on blood samples collected from nine seabird species from seven islands in the indian ocean. using a commercial competitiv ... | 2016 | 26194365 |
| entomological fauna from reserva biológica do atol das rocas, rn, brazil: i. morphospecies composition. | atol das rocas, the unique atoll in the south-western atlantic, is located 144 nautical miles (266 km) northeast from the city of natal, ne brazil and 80 nautical miles from arquipélago de fernando de noronha, with geographic co-ordinates 3 masculine51's and 33 masculine49"w. it's of volcanic origin and coralline formation. the reef is ellipsoid, its largest axis (e-w) is approximately 3.7 km long, and the shortest (n-s) is 2.5 km. inside the lagoon, there are two islands: the ilha do farol and ... | 2000 | 10959113 |
| metals in feathers of sooty tern, white tern, gray-backed tern, and brown noddy from islands in the north pacific. | levels of heavy metals are usually higher in adult than young birds because they eat larger, more contaminated prey, or because they have had longer to accumulate metals in their tissues. further, levels of contaminants are usually less in birds nesting on remote, offshore islands than in birds breeding closer to mainland areas that are urbanized and industrialized. we examined the feather levels of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, and selenium in adult sooty terns (sterna f ... | 2001 | 11589497 |
| weights, hematology, and serum chemistry of seven species of free-ranging tropical pelagic seabirds. | i established reference values for weight, hematology, and serum chemistry for seven species of free-ranging hawaiian tropical pelagic seabirds comprising three orders (procellariiformes, pelecaniformes, charadriiformes) and six families (procellariidae, phaethontidae, diomedeidae, sulidae, fregatidae, and laridae). species examined included 84 hawaiian darkrumped petrels (pterodoma phaeopygia), 90 wedge-tailed shearwaters (puffinus pacificus), 151 laysan albatrosses (diomedea immutabilis), 69 r ... | 1996 | 9359064 |
| phylogeography of colonially nesting seabirds, with special reference to global matrilineal patterns in the sooty tern (sterna fuscata). | sooty tern (sterna fuscata) rookeries are scattered throughout the tropical oceans. when not nesting, individuals wander great distances across open seas, but, like many other seabirds, they tend to be site-faithful to nesting locales in successive years. here we examine the matrilineal history of sooty terns on a global scale. assayed colonies within an ocean are poorly differentiated in mitochondrial dna sequence, a result indicating tight historical ties. however, a shallow genealogical parti ... | 2000 | 11091314 |
| mercury in seabird feathers: insight on dietary habits and evidence for exposure levels in the western indian ocean. | breast feathers were used to estimate mercury levels in six marine birds nesting in the tropical western indian ocean, i.e. sooty tern (sterna fuscata), brown noddy (anous stolidus), lesser noddy (anous tenuirostris), audubon shearwater (puffinus lherminieri bailloni), barau's petrel (pterodroma baraui) and the white-tailed tropicbird (phaethon lepturus). juveniles consistently showed lower plumage mercury than adults. the lowest mean level was noted in juvenile sooty terns from the glorioso arc ... | 2007 | 17659323 |
| a multiplex marker set for microsatellite typing and sexing of sooty terns onychoprion fuscatus. | seabirds have suffered dramatic population declines in recent decades with one such species being the sooty tern onychoprion fuscatus. an urgent call to re-assess their conservation status has been made given that some populations, such as the one on ascension island, south atlantic, have declined by over 80% in three generations. little is known about their population genetics, which would aid conservation management through understanding ecological processes and vulnerability to environmental ... | 2017 | 29262842 |
| further data on the homing sense of noddy and sooty terns. | | 1910 | 17834811 |
| ornithodoros capensis (acarina: argasidae) infesting sooy tern (sterna fuscata) nasal cavities. | | 1966 | 5951287 |
| incidence and transfer of rhinonyssidae (acarina: mesostigmata) in sooty terns (sterna fuscata). | | 1967 | 6052126 |
| the early research of john b. watson: before the behavioral revolution. | john b. watson is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in modern psychology. despite this stature, however, presentations of his contributions and career are usually limited to material on his establishment of classical behaviorism in 1913, and then on subsequent elaborations of his position and on his study of conditioned emotional reactions. watson's career and research prior to 1913 are rarely mentioned or cited; moreover, when this work is mentioned, the presentations often c ... | 1986 | 22478649 |
| incidence of plastic debris in sooty tern nests: a preliminary study on trindade island, a remote area of brazil. | plastic is abundant in the oceans, reaching pelagic zones away from continents. here we present the first recordings of plastic used as nest material in sooty tern nests, on a remote oceanic island. we describe our findings in terms of quantity, size and color of plastic debris. a total of 78 plastics were noted in 54 nests. four color categories were found: blue, white, green and red. blue fragments were the most frequent color, present three times as much as white debris. this pattern was pres ... | 2016 | 26936122 |
| comparison of organochlorine and pahs residues in terns eggs from two natural protected areas in the gulf of mexico. | persistent organic pollutants (pops) are dispersed all over the world while polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) are released into the environment from pyrogenic and petrogenic sources and are not very mobile or persistent. the aim of this study was to identify pops and pahs from eggs of least and sooty terns nesting in two protected marine areas with different anthropogenic impacts in the southern gulf of mexico. σhchs were higher in terminos in 2010 and higher in alacranes in 2011. σdienes ... | 2017 | 28024843 |
| sooty tern (onychoprion fuscatus) survival, oil spills, shrimp fisheries, and hurricanes. | migratory seabirds face threats from climate change and a variety of anthropogenic disturbances. although most seabird research has focused on the ecology of individuals at the colony, technological advances now allow researchers to track seabird movements at sea and during migration. we combined telemetry data on onychoprion fuscatus (sooty terns) with a long-term capture-mark-recapture dataset from the dry tortugas national park to map the movements at sea for this species, calculate estimates ... | 2017 | 28503374 |
| correction to: a multiplex marker set for microsatellite typing and sexing of sooty terns onychoprion fuscatus. | following publication of the original article [1], one of the authors reported that his name was listed incorrectly, and that he would like his name to appear as s. james reynolds instead of silas james reynolds. the latter format would confuse citations as all his previous publications are in the former format. | 2018 | 29386038 |
| metal levels in feathers of 12 species of seabirds from midway atoll in the northern pacific ocean. | seabirds are excellent subjects for examination of heavy metals because they are long-lived, feed at different distances from land, and exhibit different trophic levels. in this paper we compare the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury arsenic, chromium, manganese, selenium, and tin in the feathers of birds nesting on midway atoll in the northern pacific ocean. we test the null hypothesis that there are no interspecific differences in the levels of metals in the feathers of the adult black-footed al ... | 2000 | 10943901 |
| long-term dietary shift and population decline of a pelagic seabird-a health check on the tropical atlantic? | in the face of accelerating ecological change to the world's oceans, seabirds are some of the best bio-indicators of marine ecosystem function. however, unravelling ecological changes that pre-date modern monitoring programmes remains challenging. using stable isotope analysis of feathers and regurgitants collected from sooty terns (onychoprion fuscatus) nesting at a major atlantic colony, we reconstructed a long-term dietary time series from 1890 to the present day and show that a significant d ... | 2019 | 30712272 |
| perfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) in tern eggs from st. brandon's atoll, indian ocean. | per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) are anthropogenic fluorinated compounds of concern for human and environmental health. there is no data on pfas concentrations in marine bird eggs from the western indian ocean. we analysed eight pfas in eggs of fairy terns (gygis alba), sooty terns (onychoprion fuscatus), and common noddies (anous stolidus) from st. brandon's atoll. fairy tern eggs contained the highest concentrations, followed by sooty terns and common noddies. perfluoroundecanoic aci ... | 2020 | 32174506 |