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Publication List - Marine Ornithology Group (MOG)

Published ornithological papers
Conference papers

Published ornithological papers of group members

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E . and Richardson, A. (submitted). Urbanization of the Silver Gull: evidence of anthropogenic feeding regimes from stable isotope analyses. Condor

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson , A. (submitted). Comparison of carotenoids in egg yolks between urbanised and remote Silver Gulls in Tasmania . Functional Ecology .

Auman, H.J ., Meathrel, C.E . and Richardson , A. (submitted). Comparison of blood biochemistry between urbanised and remote Silver Gulls in Tasmania . Emu

Meathrel, C.E. (submitted). Seasonal variation in the relationships between hatching failure, egg quality and the development and growth of silver gull Larus novaehollandiae embryos in Western Australia . Western Australian Naturalist

Meathrel, C.E. (submitted). Water vapor conductance from the eggs of Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae laid in a temperate, Mediterranean climate in Australia. Condor

Meathrel, C.E ., Bradley, J.S., Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. (submitted). Interactions between parental age, breeding experience and inter-annual variation of egg size in short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Journal of Avian Biology

Auman, H.J., Bond, A.L., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A.  (accepted).  Urbanization of the Silver Gull:  evidence of anthropogenic feeding regimes from stable isotope analyses.  Waterbirds .

Carey, M.J. (in press) Incubation routine, foraging trip duration and body mass regulation in Short-tailed Shearwaters. Emu

Carey, M.J. ( in press ) Intergenerational transfer of plastic debris by Short-tailed Shearwaters ( Ardenna tenuirostris ). Emu

Carey, M.J. (2011) Investigator disturbance reduces reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris . Ibis 153: 363-372.

Carey, M.J. (2010) Predation of Short-tailed Shearwater eggs on Great Dog Island , Tasmania . Australian Field Ornithology 27: 59-64.

Carey, M.J. (2009) Islands in the Strait. The Bird Observer 863: 12-14.

Carey, M.J ., Meathrel, C.E . and May, N.A. (2009) A new method for the long-term attachment of data-loggers to shearwaters (Procellariidae). Emu 109: 310-315.

Carey, M.J . (2009) The effect of investigator disturbance on procellariiform seabirds: a review. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36: 367-377.

Auman, H.J ., Meathrel, C.E . and Richardson , A. (2008) Supersize me: Does anthropogenic food change the body condition of Silver Gulls? A comparison between urbanized and remote, non-urbanized areas. Waterbirds 31: 122-126.

Lindsay, M.C.M . and Meathrel, C.E . (2008). Where, when and how? Limitations of the techniques used to examine the dietary preference of Pacific Gulls ( Larus pacificus ) using non-consumed parts of prey and regurgitated pellets of prey remains. Waterbirds 31: 611-619.

Meathrel, C.E . and Carey, M.J . (2007). How important are intrinsic factors to recruitment in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris? Journal of Ornithology 148: S385-S393.

Bradley, J.S. and Meathrel, C.E . (2006). Prediction of individual reproductive success in short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris. In 'Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress. Beijing , China 2002'. (Ed. R Schodde) pp. 91-95. ( Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (Supplement): Beijing )

Woehler, E.J., Auman, H.J . and Riddle, M.J. (2002). Long-term population increase of black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophrys at Heard Island, 1947/1948-2000/2001. Polar Biology 25: 921-927.   

Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E . (2000). Patterns of growth in nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Emu 100: 42-48.

Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Meathrel, C.E . (2000). The effect of human activity on the growth rates of Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris chicks. Emu 100: 49-53.

Bradley, J.S., Gunn, B.M., Skira, I.J., Meathrel, C.E . and Wooller, R.D. (1999). Age-dependent prospecting and recruitment to a breeding colony of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Ibis 141: 277-285.

Auman, H.J. , Giesy, J.P. and Colborn T. (1998). Plastic ingestion by Laysan Albatross chicks on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, in 1994 and 1995. Pp. 239-244 in Albatross: Biology and Conservation (G. Robertson and R. Gales, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW.

Klasson-Wehler, E., Bergman, K., Athanasiadou, M., Ludwig, J.P., Auman, H.J. , Kannan, K., van den Berg, M., Murk, A.J., Feyk, L.A., Giesy, J.P. (1998) Hydroxylated and methylsulfonyl polychlorinated biphenyl metabolites in albatrosses from Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 17: 1620-1625.

Ludwig, J.P., Summer, C.L., Auman, H.J. , Gauger, V., Bromley, D., Giesy, J.P., Rolland, R. and Colborn T. (1998). The roles of organochlorine contaminants and fisheries bycatch in recent population changes of Black-footed and Laysan Albatrosses in the North Pacific Ocean . Pp. 225-238 in Albatross: Biology and Conservation (G. Robertson and R. Gales, eds.). Surrey Beatty & Sons, Chipping Norton, NSW.

Auman, H.J. , Ludwig, J.P., Summer, C.L., Verbrugge, D.A., Froese, K.L., Colborn, T. and Giesy, J.P. (1997). PCBs, DDE, DDT, and TCDD-EQ in two species of albatross on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 16: 498-504.

Jones, P.D., Hannah, D.J., Buckland, S.J., Day, P.J., Leathem, S.V., Porter, L.J., Auman, H.J. , Sanderson, J.T., Summer, C., Ludwig, J.P., Colborn, T.L. and Giesy, J.P. (1996). Persistent synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbons in albatross tissue samples from Midway Atoll . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 10: 1793-1800.

Ludwig, J.P., Kurita-Matsuba, H., Auman, H.J. , Ludwig , M.E. , Summer, C.L., Giesy, J.P., Tillitt, D.E. and Jones, P.D. (1996). Deformities, PCBs, and TCDD-Equivalents in double-crested cormorants ( Phalacrocorax auritus ) and Caspian terns ( Hydroprogne caspia ) of the upper Great Lakes 1986-1991: Testing a cause-effect hypothesis . Journal of Great Lakes Research 22: 172-197.

Ludwig , J.P., Auman, H.J. , Weseloh, D.V., Fox, G.A., Giesy, J.P. and Ludwig, N.E. (1995). Evaluation of the effects of toxic chemicals in Great Lakes cormorants: has causality been established? Colonial Waterbirds 18 ( Spec. Publ.), 60–69.

Jones, P.D., Giesy, J.P., Newsted, J.L., Verbrugge, D.A., Ludwig, J.P., Auman, H.J. , Crawford, R., Tillitt, D.E. and Kubiak, T.J. (1994). Accumulation of 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 - tetrachlorodibenzo - p - dioxin equivalents by double - crested cormorant ( Phalacrocorax auritus , Pelicaniformes ) chicks in the North American Great Lakes . Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 27: 192-209.

Ludwig, J.P., Auman, H.J. , Kurita, H., Ludwig , M.E. , Campbell . L.M., Giesy, J.P., Tillitt, D.E., Jones, P., Yamashita, N., Tanabe, S. and Tatsukawa, R. (1993). Caspian tern reproduction in the Saginaw Bay ecosystem following a 100-year flood event. Journal of Great Lakes Research 19: 96-108.

Ludwig, J.P., Giesy, J.P., Summer, C.L., Bowerman, W., Aulerich, R., Bursian, S., Auman, H.J. , Jones, P.D., Williams, L.L., Tillit, D.E. and Gilbertson, M. (1993). A comparison of water quality criteria for the Great Lakes based on human and wildlife health. Journal of Great Lakes Research 19: 789-807.

Mora, M.A., Auman, H.J. , Ludwig, J.P., Giesy, J.P., Verbrugge, D.A. and Ludwig, M. (1993). Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated insecticides in plasma of Caspian terns : Relationships with age , productivity, and colony site tenacity in the Great Lakes . Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 24: 320-331.

Meathrel, C.E. , Bradley, J.S., Wooller, R.D. and Skira, I.J. (1993). The effect of parental condition on egg-size and reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris. Oecologia 93: 162-164.

Meathrel, C.E ., Skira, I.J., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. (1993). The influence of egg-size, mass and composition upon hatching success in the short-tailed shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris (Aves : Procellariiformes). Journal of Zoology, London. 230: 679-686.

Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. , Wienecke, B.C. and Wooller, R.D. (1991). Surface nesting by Little Penguins on Penguin Island , Western Australia . Emu 91: 190-193.

Meathrel, C.E. , Mills, J.M. and Wooller, R.D. (1991). The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand . Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici : 2390-2395.

Meathrel, C.E. (1991). Variation in the eggs and the period of rapid yolk deposition of the silver gull Larus novaehollandiae during a protracted laying season. Journal of Zoology, London 223: 501-508.

Meathrel, C.E. and Klomp, N.I. (1991). Predation of Little Penguin eggs by King's Skinks on Penguin Island , Western Australia . Corella 14: 129-130.

Wooller, R.D., Dunlop, J.N., Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wienecke, B.C. (1991). Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 74: 129-132.

Meathrel, C.E. (1990). Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides predation of Silver Gulls Larus novaehollandiae at a colony in south-western Australia . Emu 90: 195-197.

Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. (1988). The protracted breeding regime of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Western Australia . Cormorant 16: 128-129.

Meathrel, C.E. (1987). Gulls. Landscope 3: 3-6.

Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. (1987). Sex ratios of Ring-billed Gulls in relation to egg size, egg sequence and female body condition. Colonial Waterbirds 10: 72-77.

Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. (1987). Intra-clutch variation in the size, mass and composition of Ring-billed Gull eggs. Condor 89: 364-368.

Robertson, B.I . (1981). Seabird Islands No. 102. Chalky Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania . Corella 5: 49-52.

Smith, A.J. and Robertson, B.I. (1978). Social organization of Bell Miners. Emu 78: 169-178.

Robertson, B.I. (1977). Identification of Pacific and Dominican Gulls. Australian Bird Watcher 7: 5-10.

Conference papers

Carey, M.J. , Phillips, R.A. and Silk, J.R.D. Trans-equatorial migration of Short-tailed Shearwaters – testing old theories with new technology. Ecological Society of Australia's 2010 Annual Conference. 6 - 10 December 2010, Manning Park Centre, Australian National University , Canberra , ACT.

Carey, M.J. , Phillips, R.A. and Silk, J.R.D. Post-breeding migration of Short-tailed Shearwaters – testing old theories with new technology. 1st World Seabird Conference. 7-11 September 2010, Victoria , British Columbia , Canada .

Gonzalez-Solis, J., Felicisimo, A., Tremblay, Y., Reid, T., Carey, M ., Hodum, P., Takahashi, A., Muñoz, J., Sigurðsson, I., Thompson, D., Ryan, P., Cuthbert, R., Hedd, A., Montevecchi, W., Trathan, P., Phillips, R., Shaffer, S. Global migration dynamics of trans-equatorial shearwaters. 1st World Seabird Conference. 7-11 September 2010, Victoria , British Columbia , Canada .

Robertson, B.I. and Meathrel, C.E. Biology of Victoria's Pacific Gulls. Invited conference paper Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management , Meeting 2 , 1 May 2010, Phillip Island, Australia.

Carey, M.J. The effects of data-logger attachment on breeding Short-tailed Shearwaters. 5 th Australasian Ornithological Conference, 29 th Nov - 4 th December 2009, Armidale, NSW, Australia .

Carey, M.J. Incubation routine, body mass regulation and egg neglect in Short-tailed Shearwaters ( Puffinus tenuirostris ). 5 th Australasian Ornithological Conference, 29 th Nov - 4 th December 2009, Armidale, NSW, Australia.

Carey, M.J . The effects of investigator disturbance on the hatching success, chick survival and quality of Short-tailed Shearwaters ( Puffinus tenuirostris ). 36 th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, 22 - 25th February 2009, Hakodate , Hokkaido , Japan .

Meathrel, C.E ., Bradley, J.S, Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. Breeding experience and egg-size variation in the Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris. 4th International Albatross and Petrel Conference, 11-15 th August, 2008, Cape Town , South Africa .

Auman, H.J ., Meathrel, C.E . and Richardson , A. Supersize me: The effects of anthropogenic foods on Silver Gulls. Animals and Society II: Considering Animals, University of Tasmania , 3-6 th July 2007, Hobart , Australia .

Auman, H.J ., Meathrel, C.E . and Richardson , A. The health consequences of anthropogenic food on Silver Gulls ( Larus novaehollandiae ) from Tasmania . Keynote paper, New Zealand and Australian Nutrition Society Joint Conference and Annual Scientific Meeting. 5-7 th December 2007, Auckland , New Zealand .

Carey, M.J. and Meathrel, C.E. The effects of investigator disturbance on the hatching success of Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris on Great Dog Island , Tasmania . Australasian Ornithological Congress, 2-5 th December 2007, Perth , Australia .

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson , A. Supersize me: The health consequences of anthropogenic food on Silver Gulls ( Larus novaehollandiae ) from Tasmania . New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia (Ecology Across the Tasman), Victoria University , Wellington , NZ, 27 th Aug - 1 st September 2006.

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson, A. Supersize me: Anthropogenic foods affect quantity but not quality of Silver Gulls. Nutrition Society of Australia Conference, Tasmania Chapter, 17 th June 2006, Hobart , Australia .

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson , A. Supersize me: Anthropogenic foods affect quantity but not quality of Silver Gulls. Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand : EIANZ Tasmanian Division Biannual Conference, 4 th August 2006, Hobart , Australia .

Auman, H.J., Meathrel, C.E. and Richardson , A. Urbanisation of the Silver Gull: Evidence of anthropogenic diet by stable isotope analyses. CSIRO Marine Laboratories Stable Isotope Workshop, 7 November 2006, Hobart , Australia .

Meathrel, C.E. and Carey, M.J. How important are intrinsic factors to natal recruitment in Short-tailed Shearwaters? 24th International Ornithological Congress, 2 - 9 th August 2006, Hamburg , Germany .

Robertson, B.I. and Meathrel, C.E. Do sampling rigour and methodology affect the genetic differentiation of threatened populations and resultant conservation strategies? A case study using Australia 's Pacific Gull. 24th International Ornithological Congress, 2 - 9 th August 2006. Hamburg , Germany .

Meathrel, C.E. Conservation of the Pacific Gull in Australia . The importance of the Furneaux Group. Keynote address , Birds Australia Member's Day, 31 May 2003, University of Tasmania , Hobart , TAS.

Meathrel, C.E. and Robertson, B.I. Monitoring animal welfare and promoting refinement - implications for wildlife studies. ANZCCART Workshop - Monitoring Animal Welfare and Promoting Refinement, 17 th October 2003, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.

Bradley, J.S. and Meathrel, C.E. The prediction of individual reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters. XXIII International Ornithological Congress, 11-17 th August 2002, Beijing , China .

Meathrel, C.E. The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand : review of a pest (?) species. Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island , Victoria , 17 th August 2002.

Meathrel, C.E. Status and conservation of Pacific Gulls in Australia . A species in need of listing. Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island , Victoria , 17 th August 2002.

Holloway, B.P. and Meathrel, C.E. The reproductive biology of the Pacific Gull Larus p. pacificus in the Furneaux Group, Tasmania . Pacific, Kelp and Silver Gulls in Australia - Research and Management, Phillip Island , Victoria , 17 th August 2002.

Bradley, J.S., Meathrel, C.E., Skira, I.J. and Wooller, R.D. Modelling the effects of harvesting on the life history traits of Short-tailed Shearwaters in Tasmania . Joint meeting of the New Zealand Ecological Society and the Ecological Society of Australia. University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand , 24-27 th November 1998.

Saffer, V.M. and Meathrel, C.E. Effects of human disturbance on the growth of Short-tailed Shearwater chicks. Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congress, Albany , Western Australia , 5-9 th October, 1996.

Meathrel, C.E., Saffer, V.M., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. Parental attendance, feeding patterns and growth of Short-tailed Shearwater chicks. XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna , Austria , 20-25 th September, 1994.

Meathrel, C.E., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. Parental age and egg-size repeatability in the Short-tailed Shearwater. XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna , Austria , 20-25 th September, 1994.

Meathrel, C.E ., Bradley, J.S. and Wooller, R.D. Recruitment in the Short-tailed Shearwater. XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna , Austria , 20-25 th September, 1994.

Wooller, R.D., Dunlop, J.N., Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wienecke, B.C. Seabird abundance, distribution and breeding patterns in relation to the Leeuwin Current. Invited paper, Royal Society of Western Australia/Fisheries Department of Western Australia Symposium on the Leeuwin Current, 16 March 1991. Perth , Australia .

Meathrel, C.E., Mills, J.M. and Wooller, R.D. The Silver Gull in Australia and New Zealand : superabundance, causes, problems and solutions. XX International Ornithological Congress, 2-9 Dec. 1990. Christchurch , New Zealand .

Klomp, N.I., Meathrel, C.E. and Wooller, R.D. The protracted breeding regime of Little Penguins ( Eudyptula minor ) in Western Australia . 1st International Conference on Penguins, 16-19 th August 1988, Dunedin , New Zealand .

Meathrel, C.E. and Ryder, J.P. Secondary sex ratios and egg sequence in Ring-billed Gulls. Colonial Waterbird Group Annual Meeting, 5-8 Dec. 1987. Charleston , South Carolina , USA .

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