Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 12
Acknowledgements and Authorities Consulted
Many researchers took the time to talk with us about their past and present work on Black-footed Albatross and we are grateful to them for doing so. We particularly thank the following people: Ken Morgan of Environment Canada, Sidney for his ongoing work on this species in Canada; Mike McNall of the Royal BC Museum, for introducing LKB to the ornithological collection there; Rob Suryan and Karen Fischer of Oregon State University for providing maps of the satellite tracking from their graduate research; Jamie Kenyon and Stephen Jollymore of Environment Canada, Delta, who generated maps of several years’ worth of Canadian survey results; Paul Sievert, for commenting on the draft report, and Ed Melvin and Michelle Wainstein of Washington Sea Grant, for providing maps from International Pacific Halibut Commision surveys. Beth Flint, Holly Freifeld and Maura Naughton of the US Fish and Wildlife Service made available unpublished population count data for the Hawaiian colonies and reviewed our draft document, and Hiroshi Hasegawa sent us unpublished population estimates for Japan. Chandler S. Robbins (retired) of the US Geological Survey provided us with a personal communication on the oldest known banding record for a North Pacific albatross species, for a Laysan Albatross that he himself banded 50 years ago.
Authorities consulted
Achuff, Peter. Species Assessment Biologist, Ecological Integrity Branch, Parks Canada Agency, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
Acker, Cathy. Records Manager, US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Ainley, David. Senior Ecological Associate, H.T. Harvey and Associates, San Jose, California, USA.
Arata, Javier. Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA.
Bartier, Patrick. Ecosystem Data Specialist, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Parks Canada Agency, Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia.
Bisson, Jeremy. MSc. Student, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA.
Burles, Doug. Environmental Assessment Coordinator/Biologist, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Parks Canada Agency, Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia.
Chisholm, Sarah. Warden, Kejimkujik National Park, Parks Canada Agency; and former research assistant, Albatross Movement Study, Tern Island, Hawaii, USA.
Cooper, J. Professor, Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa.
Crockford, Susan. Adjunct faculty, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia; and Proprietor, Pacific Identifications Inc., Oldfield Road, Victoria, British Columbia.
Croll, Don. Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz, Center for Ocean Health, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Edwards, Ann. National Research Council postdoctoral fellow, Alaska Fisheries Science Centre, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and visiting scholar, School of Aquatic and Fisheries Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Fefer, Stewart. Project Leader, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Gulf of Maine Program, Falmouth, Maine, USA.
Fischer, Karen. M.Sc. student, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA.
Flint, Elizabeth. Research Scientist, Pacific Remote Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Fort, Kevin. Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Pacific and Yukon Region, Delta, British Columbia.
Fraser, Dave. Species Specialist – Species at Risk, Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Section, Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia.
Freifeld, Holly. Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Islands, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
Geernaert, Tracee. Biologist, International Pacific Halibut Commission, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Hasegawa, Hiroshi. Professor, Biology Department, Toho University, Chiba, Japan.
Henry, Bill. Ph.D. candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Hyrenbach, David. Research Scientist, Duke University Marine Laboratory, North Carolina and School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Johnston, Barb. Park Ecologist, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Parks Canada Agency, Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia.
Keddie, Grant. Curator, Archaeology, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.
McNall, Mike. Ornithological Curator, Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.
Melvin, Ed. Marine Fisheries Specialist. Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Naughton, Maura. Regional Seabird Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service – Pacific Region, Portland, Oregon, USA.
O’Hara, Patrick. Visiting scientist, Birds Oiled at Sea programme, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Pitman, Bob. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administraion Fisheries, Ecosystem Studies Program, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, USA.
Reid, Stafford. Environmental Emergency Planner, Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia.
Robbins, Chandler. Research Wildlife Biologist (retired), Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre, US Geological Survey, Laurel, Maryland, USA.
Shepherd, Pippa. Species at Risk Coordinator, Western and Northern Service Centre, Parks Canada Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Sievert, Paul. Assistant Unit Leader – Wildlife, US Geological Survey, Massachusetts Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Sileo, Louis. Wildlife Pathologist, US Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Sloan, Norm. Marine Ecologist, Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Parks Canada Agency, Queen Charlotte City, British Columbia.
Stipec, Katrina. Species at Risk Information Specialist, BC Conservation Data Centre, Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia.
Suryan, Rob. Ph.D. candidate, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Centre, Newport, Oregon, USA.
Tershy, Bernie. Assistant Adjunct Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Center for Ocean Health, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Wainstein, Michelle. Marine Fisheries Specialist. Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
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