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title: "Two international conferences in South America this August will hear about ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels"
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# Two international conferences in South America this August will hear about ACAP-listed albatrosses and petrels

The SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Open Science Conference will be held from 3-6 August 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina ([click here](http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/) for the conference web site).

 The following presentations to be given as either orals or posters deal with ACAP-listed species.  See the full title list at [http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/OSCAcceptedAbstractsInfo.pdf](http://www.dna.gov.ar/scar2010/OSCAcceptedAbstractsInfo.pdf).  Note only the presenting author is given here:

 Nestor Coria:  Geographical variation in the diet of the Southern Giant Petrel.

 Leigh Gurney:  An ecosystem model to explore population dynamics of top predators at the Prince Edward Islands.

 Mark Hindell:  Foraging habitats of top predators, and areas of ecological significance on the Kerguelen Plateau.

 José Orgeira:  Seabird censuses onboard ship as a monitoring ecosystem tool: the case of the pelagic seabird community at Scotia Sea, 1987-1996.

 María Petry:  A preliminary evaluation of temperature influences on decreases of Southern Giant Petrel from Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic.

 Mariette Wheeler:  The effect of pedestrian approaches on seabirds and seals at sub-Antarctic Marion Island.

 Later the same month the 25th Ornithological Congress will take place in Campos do Jordão, Brazil over 22-28 August.  A list of accepted posters on the 25IOC's [web site](http://www.acquaviva.com.br/ioc2010/) includes only one on an ACAP-listed species:

 Vincent Lecomte:  Links between stress sensitivity and ageing patterns in an extremely very long‐lived bird, the Wandering Albatross ([click here](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100324184606.htm) to read about a related study by the same author).

  ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/S/Southern_Giant_Petrel_with_chick_Gough_Island_by_John_Cooper.jpg "A Southern Giant Petrel broods its chick on Gough Island.  Photograph by Kalinka Rexer-Huber")

 More presentations on ACAP-listed species are to be expected at the 1st World Seabird Conference, to be held in Victoria, Canada from 7-11 September 2010 ([click here](http://www.worldseabirdconference.com/main.cfm?cid=1813&nid=12669)).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 13 July 2010*