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title: "Spanish research on Calonectris Shearwaters"
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# Spanish research on Calonectris Shearwaters

[Cory's Shearwater](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=3926) *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](http://www.marineornithology.org/PDF/36_1/36_1_1-8.pdf)).

 ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Shearwaters/corys_shearwater_john_graham.jpg "Cory's Shearwater.  Photograph by John Graham")

 A suite of publications emanating from recent and past (from 1997) research on Cory's Shearwater at Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands by researchers based at the [Departament de Biologia Animal](http://www.ub.edu/bioani/), Universitat de Barcelona, Spain and led by [Jacob González-Solís](http://www.gonzalez-solis.com/) may be found at [http://www.gonzalez-solis.com/publications/index.php](http://www.gonzalez-solis.com/publications/index.php).

 Research fields covered include evolutionary ecology, behaviour and conservation, with field work conducted in Cape Verde (on the closely related and [Near Threatened](http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=30221) Cape Verde Shearwater*C. edwardsii*) and on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.

 See also:

 Cooper, J. 2010.  A brief review of the conservation status of shearwaters *Calonectris* and *Puffinus*.  [ACAP AC5 Inf 15](https://www.acap.aq/english/english/advisory-committee/ac5/ac5-information-papers).

 Recent (2010) publications on Cory's and Cape Verde Shearwaters:

 Giudici, A, Navarro, J., Juste, C. & Jacob González-Solís, J. 2010.  Physiological ecology of breeders and sabbaticals in a pelagic seabird.  *Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology* 389: 13-17.  ([click here](http://www.gonzalez-solis.com/pdfs/Giudici_Navarro_Juste_Gonzalez-Solis_Calonectris_sabbaticals_JEMBE.pdf)).

 Gómez-Díaz, E. & González-Solís, J. 2010.  Trophic structure in a seabird host-parasite food web: insights from stable isotope analyses.  *PLoS ONE* 5(5): e10454. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010454.  ([click here](http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0010454)).

 Roscales, J.L., Munoz-Arnanz, J., González-Solís, J. & Jiménez, B. 2010.  Geographical PCB and DDT patterns in shearwaters (*Calonectris*sp.) breeding across the NE Atlantic and the Mediterranean Archipelagos.  *Environmental Science & Technology* 44: 2328-2334.  ([click here](http://www.gonzalez-solis.com/pdfs/Roscales_Gonzalez-Solis_Calonectris_organochlorine_PCB_DDT_EST.pdf)).

 With thanks to Jacob González-Solís for information.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 15 November 2010*