Author(s): Branco Joaquim Olinto
Journal: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
ISSN 0101-8175
Volume: 20;
Issue: 4;
Start page: 619;
Date: 2003;
Original page
Keywords: Avifauna | reproductive activity | seabirds ecology
ABSTRACT
Studies involving the reproduction of seabirds in the Santa Catarina coast are scarce. From 1996 to 2002 a sampling program was implanted with the objectives of identifying the ranches, the species and to study some aspects of their reproductive cycle. Five species: Sula leucogaster Boddaert, 1783; Fregata magnificens Matheus, 1914; Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823; Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831; S. eurygnatha Sauders, 1876, breed in the islands of Santa Catarina, with the largest intensity in the period of May to December. The size of the colonies varied in function of the species and of the reproduction area.
Journal: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
ISSN 0101-8175
Volume: 20;
Issue: 4;
Start page: 619;
Date: 2003;
Original page
Keywords: Avifauna | reproductive activity | seabirds ecology
ABSTRACT
Studies involving the reproduction of seabirds in the Santa Catarina coast are scarce. From 1996 to 2002 a sampling program was implanted with the objectives of identifying the ranches, the species and to study some aspects of their reproductive cycle. Five species: Sula leucogaster Boddaert, 1783; Fregata magnificens Matheus, 1914; Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823; Sterna hirundinacea Lesson, 1831; S. eurygnatha Sauders, 1876, breed in the islands of Santa Catarina, with the largest intensity in the period of May to December. The size of the colonies varied in function of the species and of the reproduction area.
