Status and Conservation of Seabirds

Prefacio por Joan MAYOL, Director del Simposio

Capitulo 1       Estatus y distribucion de las poblaciones reproducturas
Chapter 1        Status and distribution of breeding populations

• Bruno MASSA and Joe SULTANA : “Status and conservation of Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) in the Mediterranean”.
• M. NOGALES & A. MARTIN & C.QUILIS & C.DELGRADO, E.HERNANDEZ and O.TRUJILO :  « Estatus y distribucion del Paino Comun (Hydrobates pelagicus) en las Islas Canarias ».
• J.C THIBAULT :  “Breeding distribution and numbers of Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomeda) in the Mediterranean”.
• Isabelle GUYOT : “Breeding distribution of Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis demarestii) in the Mediterranean”.
• Pierre-Christian BEAUBRUN : “Status of Yellow-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans) in Morocco and in the western Mediterranean”.
• W.R.P. BOURNE : “The relationship between the Armenian and Heuglin’s Gulls”.
• Vassilis GOUTNER and Paul ISENMANN : “Breeding status of the Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) in the Mediterranean basin”.
• Paul INSENMANN and Vassilis GOUTNER : “Breeding status of the Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei) in the Mediterranean basin”.
• Eduardo DE JUANA and Juan M. VARELA : “La poblacion mundial reproductora de la Gaviota de Audouin (Larus audouinii)
• Jean-Pierre BIBER : «Status and distribution of the Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) in the western Palearctic”. 
• Mauro FASOLA : “Distribution, population and habitat requirements of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) and the Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) breeding in the Mediterranean”.
• Xavier FERRER and Albert MARTINEZ-VILALTA : “Estatus y distribucion de la poblacion reproductora del Charran Patinegro (Sterna sandvicensis) en el Mediterraneo”.
• Mauro FASOLA, Vassilis GOUTNER and John WALMSLEY : “Comparative breeding biology of the gulls and terns in the four main deltas of the northern Mediterranean”.
• Iosif CHERNICHKO :”Breeding population and distribution of seabirds (gulls and terns) on the northern coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov”.

Capitulo 2       Distribution Postnupcial
Chapter 2        Post-Nuptial Distribution

• Patrick LE MAO and Pierre YESOU : “The annual cycle of Balearic Shearwaters and western-Mediterranean Yellow-legged Gulls : ecological considerations”.
• George I. HANDRINOS : “Midwinter numbers and distribution of Great Cormorants and Pygmy Cormorants in Greece”.
• Andrew A. PATERSON : “The Status of the Northern Gannet (Sula bassana) in the Mediterranean”.
• Dimitar NANKINOV : ‘On the migration of the Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) in Bulgaria”.
• Enric CARRERA, Xaver MONBAILLIU and Antonio TORRE : “Ringing recoveries of Yellow-legged Gulls in northern Europe”.
• W.R.P. BOURNE : “The distribution of birds at sea in the Mediterranean Sea”.

Capitulo 3       Investigation ecologica reciente
Chapter 3        Recent ecological research

• A. RENZONI and A. MASSA : “Contaminants in Mediterranean seabirds”.
• Maurizio SARA : “Feeding habits of Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the central Mediterranean”.
• Maurizio SARA and Nicola BACCETTI : “Food habits of the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a shoal (Secche della Meloria) in the Tyrrhenian Sea”.
• Valery SIOKHIN : “Factors influencing the population structure and trophic levels in the main breeding colonies of gulls and terns in the Back and Azov Seas”.
• Maria GROTTA, Antonio LUBRANO LVADERA, Dino VITIELLO and Mario MILONE : “The status of Yellow-legged Gull in Campania, southern Italy”.
• Pierre BARTOLI : “Digenetic trematodes as bio-indicators for Yellow-legged Gulls in Corsica”.
• Marco LAMBERTINI : “The ecology and conservation of Audouin’s Gull (Larus audouinii) at the northern limit of breeding range”.

Capitulo 4       Conservacion de habitats y plan de accion
Chapter 4        Habitat conservation and action plan

• Dimitar NANKINOV : « Status and conservation of breeding seabirds in Bulgaria ».
• John WALMSLEY and Patrick DUNCAN : “Industrial Salinas in the Camargue and conservation of breeding seabird populations”.
• Juan JIMENEZ and Francisco TEJEDOR JORDAN :  « Gestion y conservacion en el Parque Natural de las Islas Columbretes (Castellon, Espana) ».
• Xaver MONBAILLIU and Joe SULTANA : « Sites required to ensure satisfactory population levels of seabirds in the Mediterranean ».
• CAPMICE : “Calvia action plan for Mediterranean Island and Coastal Ecosystems.” (Language version in : English, Spanish, Catalan)

Carteles – Posters

• P. BRICHETTI and U.F. FOSCHI : “Fluctuation of Laridae and Sternidae populations in the Valli di Comacchio”.
• Mauro FASOLA and Luca CANOVA : “Selection of nest habitat by eight species of gulls and terns in the Valli di Comacchio”.
• Alberto FOZZI and Mauro SANNA : “Seabirds along the north-western coast of Sardinia”.
• Francisco ROBLEDANO AYMERICH and Vicente HERNANDEZ G. BARBERA : “Breeding seabirds in south-eastern Spain”.
• Paolo BOLDREGHINI, Massimo PANDOLFI and Riccardo SANTOLINI : “The winter diet of the Great Cormorant on the Po river delta”.
• P. BRICHETTI and U.F. FOSCHI : “Preliminary biometrical data of Calonectris diomedea in the Tremiti Islands (south Adriatic Sea)”.
• J.M. CABO, M.BLASCO and J.M SANCHEZ : “Variaciones geograficas en Calonectris diomedea”.
• E.RANDI, F.SPINA and B.MASSA : “Genetic distances and gene flow among Atlantic and Mediterranean colonies of Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)”.
• Paolo BOLDREGHINI, Lino CASINI, Frederico L. MONTANARI, Riccardo SANTOLINI and Roberto TANARELLI : “The population of the Great Cormorant wintering in the Po delta during 1988-1989”.
• Enrico BORGO and Silvio SPANO : “Feeding and nesting of the Yellowed-legged Gull (Larus cachinnans) in Linguria”.
• J.M. SANCHEZ, M BLASCO, A.MUNOZ del VIEJO and J.M. CABO : « Evolucion de la dieta de Sterna nilotica durante la estacion reproductora ».
• Dean D.K. HASHMI : « Importance of the Mediterranean for wintering Northern Gannets (Sula bassana)”.