Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea, along with several shearwaters of the genus Puffinus, has been identified by ACAP as a potential candidate for listing within the Albatross and Petrel Agreement (click here).  Recent scientific publications on the species are listed below.

Bried, J., Célérier, A., Maurel, L. & Bonadonna, F. 2011.  New haematological data in Cory's Shearwater, Calonectris diomedea (Aves, Procellariiformes).  Italian Journal of Zoology  DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2010.544408.

Laneri, K., Louzao, M., Martínez-Abraín, A., Arcos, J.M., Belda, E. J., Guallart, J., Sánchez, A., Giménez, M., Maestre, R. & Oro, D. 2010.  Trawling regime influences longline seabird bycatch in the Mediterranean: new insights from a small-scale fishery.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 420: 241-252.

Louzao, M., Arcos, J.M., Guijarro, B., Valls, M. & Oro, D. 2011.  Seabird-trawling interactions: factors affecting species-specific to regional community utilisation of fisheries waste.  Fisheries Oceanography  doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2011.00579.x.

Fontaine, R., Gimenez, O. & Bried, J. 2011.  The impact of introduced predators, light-induced mortality of fledglings and poaching on the dynamics of the Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) population from the Azores, northeastern subtropical Atlantic.  Biological Conservation  doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.022.

Mateos, M. & Arroyo, G.M. 2011.  Ocean surface winds drive local-scale movements within long-distance migrations of seabirds.  Marine Biology 158: 329-339.

Navarro, J., Coll, M., Louzao, M., Palomera, I., Delgado, A. & Forero, M.G. 2011.  Comparison of ecosystem modelling and isotopic approach as ecological tools to investigate food webs in the NW Mediterranean Sea.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401: 97-104.

Sanz-Aguilar, A., Tavecchia, G., Genovart, M., Igual, J.M., Oro, D., Rouan, L. & Pradel, R. 2011.  Studying the reproductive skipping behavior in long-lived birds by adding nest inspection to individual-based data.  Ecological Applications 21: 555-564.

Villard, P. Bonenfant, C. & Bretagnolle, V. 2011.  Effects of satellite transmitters fitted to breeding Cory's Shearwaters.  Journal of Wildlife Management DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.90.

Click here to access earlier publications on Cory's Shearwaters.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 10 June 2011