Since the decimation of the southern right
whale Eubalaena australis population in New Zealand by
whaling, research on its recovery has focused on the wintering
ground at the Auckland Islands, neglecting potentially
important wintering habitat at Campbell Island. For
the first time in 20 years we conducted an expedition to...
Periodic weighing of seabird chicks is labour-intensive and repeated handling can cause high levels of disturbance to chicks. Although automatic weighing systems using a fibreglass nest have been designed for albatross species with a pedestal nest made of mud, this approach is inappropriate for great albatross species (genus Diomedea) whose...