Mediterranean Marine Avifauna
Preface by the honourable Dr.Giorgio Carta, Sardinian Minister for the Environment.
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 : National Census Surveys
- Mauro FASOLA : “Laridae and Sternidae breeding in Italy : Report on the 1982-84 Census Project”.
- Attilio Mocci DEMARTIS : ”Seabirds of the Southern Sardinian Islets”.
- T. AKRIOTIS and Georges HANDRINOS : ”The First Breeding Case of the Storm Petrel in Greece”.
- Eduardo de JUANA and Andrew M. PATERSON : “The Status of the Seabirds of the Extreme Western Mediterranean”.
- Peter L. MEININGER and Sherif M. BAHA EL DIN : “Seabirds along the Mediterranean Sea Coast of Egypt”.
- Menobart VANEERDEN and M.J. MUNSTERMAN : “Importance of the Mediterranean for Wintering Cormorants”.
- Bruno MASSA and Adelaide CATALISANO : “Status and Conservation of the Storm Petrel in Sicily”.
- John WALMSLEY : “The Status of Breeding Storm Petrels on the Mediterranean Coast of France”.
Chapter 2 : Data Banks and Census Techniques+
- Georges HEMERY, Eric PASQUET and Pierre YESOU : “Data Banks and population Monitoring in France”.
- Peter G.H. EVANS : “Monitoring Seabirds in the North Atlantic”.
- Elizabeth Anne SCHREIBER and Ralph W. SCHREIBER : “Seabird Census and Study Techniques”.
Chapter 3 : Population Control of Invading Species
- Patricia BRADLEY : “The Breeding Biology of Audouin’s Gull at the Chafarinas Islands”.
- Juan M. VARELA and Eduardo de JUANA : “The Larus cachinnans Colony of the
Chafarinas Islands”.
- Xaver MONBAILLIU and Antonio TORRE : “Nest-site Selection and Interaction of Yellow-legged and Audouin’s Gulls at Isola dell’Asinara”.
Chapter 4 : Demography and Population Fluctuations
- Pierandrea BRICHETTI and Ugo F. FOSCHI : “Breeding Ecology of Laridae and Sternidae in the Comacchio Wetlands and Recent Population Trends”.
- Xavier FERRER and Albert MARTINEZ-VILALTA : “Fluctuations of the Gull and Tern Populations in the Ebro Delta, north-east Spain, 1960-85”.
- Paul ISENMANN, Alan JOHNSON and John WALMSLEY : “Fluctuations of the Laridae of the Rhône Delta over the past 30 years, 1956-85”.
- Bruno MASSA and Marco LO VALVO : “Biometrical and Biological Considerations on the Cory’s Shearwater”.
- Eric CARRERA and Jordi GARCIA-PETIT : “The Importance of the Iberian Mediterranean Coast as a Wintering Area for Gulls and Terns”.
Chapter 5 : Impact Assessment
- George M. DUNNET, H.Q.P. CRICK and Sherif BAHA EL DIN : “Barawil Lagoon Baseline Environmental Study and Vulnerability to Oil-Pollution”.
- Marco LAMBERTINI and Claudio LEONZIO : ‘Pollutant Levels and their Effects on Mediterranean Seabirds”.
- Juan MAYOL SERRA : “Human impact on Seabirds in the Balearic islands”.
- Ralph W. SCHREIBER and Elizabeth Anne SHREIBER : “Christmas Islands (Pacific Ocean) Seabirds and the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) : 1984 Perspectives”.
- Antonio M. TEIXEIRA : “Winter Mortality of Seabirds on the Portuguese Coast”.
Chapter 6 : Conservation and Wildlife Management
- Joe SULTANA : “Seabird Conservation Problems in the Maltese Islands”.
- Vassilis GOUTNER : “Distribution, Status and Conservation of the Mediterranean Gull in Greece”.
- Helmar SCHENK and Antonio TORRE : “Breeding Distribution, numbers and Conservation of Seabirds in Sardinia, 1978-85”.
- Giuseppe BOGLIANI : “Conservation Priorities for Seabirds in Italy”.
Chapter 7 : Poster Sessions
- A. ANDREOTTI et al. : “Seasonal Fluctuations of Gulls in Liguria”.
- Nicola BACCETTI : “Wintering Population of the Common Cormorant in Tuscany, Italy”.
- Francesco BARBIERI : “Some indications of Laridae in Albania”.
- Enrico BENUSSI : ”Status of the Populations of Larus cachinnans and Sterna hirundo nesting in Istria and Northern Dalmatia”.
- L. CAPELLA et al. : “The 1986 Census of the Breeding Population of Shags in the Balearic Islands”.
- Jordi GARCIA PETIT et al. : “Urban Nesting of Yellow-legged Gulls in Barcelona”.
- Pierre YESOU : “Balearic Shearwaters in Western France”.
The Alghero Declaration of 1986
English, French, Italian and Spanish texts.