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An International  Action Plan compiled by José Manuel Arcos and commissioned by the European Commission is now available for the Balearic Shearwater (click here).

Reference:

Arcos, J.M. (compiler) 2011. International species action plan for the Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus. SEO/BirdLife & BirdLife International. 49 pp.

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At the Fifth Meeting of ACAP's Scientific Committee held in Argentina in 2010 an information paper (AC5 Inf5) submitted by the Secretariat gave a brief review of the conservation status of shearwaters of the genera Calonectris and Puffinus.  The paper suggested that nine species (out of a total of 22) might be considered for listing within the Agreement.

The Critically Endangered  Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus, endemic to the Spanish Mediterranean, is one of these candidate species.

Dr Maite Louzao, who completed her doctorate on the species in 2006, has been co-authoring papers on the Balearic Shearwater over the last several years.  Her thesis and recent publications on shearwaters of the Mediterranean are listed here.

Louzao Arsuaga, M. 2006.  Conservation biology of the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus: bridging the gaps between breeding colonies and marine foraging grounds.  Tesi Doctoral, IMEDEA, Universitat de les Iles Balears, Setembre 2006.  199 pp.

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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.

Louzao, M., Navarro, J., Forero, M.G.. Igual, J.M. Genovart, M., Hobson, K.A. & Oro, D. 2011.  Exploiting the closest productive area: geographical segregation of foraging grounds in a critically endangered seabird.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 429: 291-301.

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.

Navarro, J. Louzao, M., Igual, J.M., Oro, D., Delgado, A., Arcos, J.M., Genovart, M., Hobson, K.A. & Forero, M.G. 2009.  Seasonal changes in the diet of a critically endangered seabird and the importance of trawling discards.  Marine Biology 156: 2571-2578.

Click here for a previous list of scientific publications on the Balearic Shearwater.

With thanks to Maite Louzao, UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany and Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, France for information and PDFs.

John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 25 May 2011