Grassholm Research

Dr Steve Votier and his team from Plymouth University have been carrying out research on the foraging and migration patterns of Grassholm's gannets since 2006. We thought people might be interested in the scientific papers that have arisen from this work to date.

There have been 5 papers so far, 2 of which are free to access online. They are:

Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems (click on 'Get PDF' link to download full version)

A novel projection technique to identify important at-sea areas for seabird conservation: An example using northern gannets breeding in the NE Atlantic (read directly online with this link or download as a PDF)

The following 3 are 'abstract only' and to read the full paper you would have to subscribe to the various websites - if after reading the abstract you would like to see the full paper please feel free to email Steve direct for a copy on stephen.votier@plymouth.ac.uk

The use of plastic debris as nesting material by a colonial seabird and associated entanglement mortality

Inter-colony movements, at sea behaviour and foraging in an immature seabird: results from GPS-PTT tracking, radio tracking and stable isotope analysis

Meta-population evidence of orientated chain migration in northern gannets

If you have any question about anything to do with these studies please drop Steve or myself an email.