Brown pelicans: improved reproduction off the southern California coast

Science ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 190 (4216) ◽  
pp. 806-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Anderson ◽  
J. Jehl ◽  
R. Risebrough ◽  
L. Woods ◽  
L. Deweese ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast ◽  
Brown Pelicans

SALMONELLAE IN FERAL PINNIPEDS OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST

1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM G. GILMARTIN ◽  
PATRICIA M. VAINIK ◽  
VIOLA M. NEILL
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast

Geodetic leveling and sea slope along the Southern California Coast: An update

1988 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Zilkoski ◽  
Muneendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast

POST-RELEASE MONITORING OF OILED BROWN PELICANS FROM THE 2015 REFUGIO OIL SPILL

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
pp. 605-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Fiorello ◽  
Patrick Jodice ◽  
Juliet Lamb ◽  
Yvan Satge ◽  
Kyra Mills-Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spill ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
Santa Barbara ◽  
California Coast ◽  
Tag Loss ◽  
Brown Pelicans ◽  
Early Fall ◽  
Solar Powered ◽  
Ultimate Fate ◽  
And Control

ABSTRACT A great deal of effort and resources is expended on the cleaning and rehabilitation of oiled wildlife, but the ultimate fate of these animals is often unknown. Post-release monitoring is essential for improving methodology and directing resources to those animals most likely to survive after release. The Refugio oil spill occurred in May 2015, spilling approximately 100,000 gallons of oil on the California coast near Santa Barbara. Brown pelicans were the most common avian species affected. We instrumented 12 oiled pelicans with solar-powered satellite GPS tags at the time of their release following cleaning and rehabilitation. An additional 8 control (unoiled) pelicans from a nearby area were similarly instrumented and released immediately. All birds survived for at least 12 weeks. In the first 6 months after release, distance traveled and movements were similar between rehabilitated and control pelicans. Several individuals traveled >5000 km, migrating to northern California or central Oregon in the late summer and early fall. In the spring, most birds traveled south, some as far as southern Baja California. Mortality was documented among both rehabilitated and control birds; however, the majority of birds that stopped transmitting were never found. Lack of transmission could represent mortality, tag or battery failure, or tag loss. After at least 40 weeks of tracking, 5 birds (3 rehabilitated and 2 control) were still transmitting. Based on presence in breeding colonies, none of the birds appeared to breed. These results demonstrate that brown pelicans can survive and travel long distances following oiling and rehabilitation.

scholarly journals The Cloud Nucleating Properties and Mixing State of Marine Aerosols Sampled along the Southern California Coast

Atmosphere ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Gaston ◽  
John Cahill ◽  
Douglas Collins ◽  
Kaitlyn Suski ◽  
Jimmy Ge ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Southern California ◽  
Marine Aerosols ◽  
Mixing State ◽  
California Coast

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in pinnipeds stranded along the southern California coast

2009 ◽  
Vol 157 (10) ◽  
pp. 2731-2736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang-Zhou Meng ◽  
Mary Ellen Blasius ◽  
Richard W. Gossett ◽  
Keith A. Maruya
Keyword(s):  
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers ◽  
Southern California ◽  
California Coast ◽  
Diphenyl Ethers
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