Thesis defense: 'Occurrence and Extirpation of Newell’s Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrels from Pōhakuloha Training Area, Hawaiʻi'
by UAA Biological Sciences |
Please join Rachel McKenna, M.S. Candidate in Biological Sciences, for a public thesis defense on March 17 at 4 p.m.
Zoom meeting link
Meeting ID: 826 4368 7516
Passcode: 448383
About the study:
The Pōhakuloha Training Area is a remote, upland, foreboding region of the Big Island
of Hawaiʻi that appears uninhabitable. Despite this, evidence of human passage has
left evidence of seabird bone material, suggesting the region once supported nesting
seabirds. In an avifaunal study of zooarchaeological material found in cave sites
from the Pōhakuloha Training Area, my study suggests a future in development and conservation
of multiple rare and endangered seabirds, including the critically endangered Hawaiian
Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis). Additionally, a review of selected methodologies
to extract collagen from seabird material provides valuable insight on future attempts
to establish stable isotope profiles from archaeological material.
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