Spring 2009: Shawn Stephensen to present thesis on murrelets in Harriman Fiord
by Kathleen McCoy |
Today, March 9, noon-1 p.m.
UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307
The Biological Sciences Department of UAA is honored to announce that Shawn Stephensen will be giving his thesis presentation today, March 9, from noon-1 p.m. in UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307.
He will describe habitat selection by Kittlitz's and marbled murrelets in Harriman Fiord of Prince William Sound, Alaska. The Kittlitz's murrelet, a rare seabird found in glacial waters of Alaska, has recently experienced severe population declines. As a result, it was listed as a candidate species under the Endangered Species Act in 2004.
Factors that may have contributed to the population decline include human disturbance, global warming and competitive exclusion by the marbled murrelet.
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