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Symposium Paper: Biological Overview and Trends in Pelagic Forage Fish Abundance in the Salish Sea (strait of Georgia, British Columbia)
T. W. Therriault, D. E. Hay, and J. F. Schweigert
Symposium Paper: Changes in Avifaunal Abundance in a Heavily Used Wintering and Migration Site in Puget Sound, Washington, during 1966-2007
E. M. Anderson, J. L. Bower, D. R. Nysewander, J. R. Evenson, and J. R. Lovvorn
Symposium Paper: Status of Breeding Black Oystercatchers (haematopus Bachmani) in the Salish Sea
T. E. Golumbia, D. R. Nysewander, R. W. Butler, R. L. Milner, T. A. Cyra, and J. R. Evenson
Symposium Paper: Pre-breeding Diet, Condition and Timing of Breeding in a Threatened Seabird, the Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus Marmoratus
M. H. Janssen, P. Arcese, T. K. Kyser, D. F. Bertram, L. Mcfarlane-tranquilla, T. D. Williams, and D. R. Norris
Symposium Paper: Bycatch and Beached Birds: Assessing Mortality Impacts in Coastal Net Fisheries Using Marine Bird Strandings
N. J. Hamel, A. E. Burger, K. Charleton, P. Davidson, S. Lee, D. F. Bertram, and J. K. Parrish
Symposium Paper: Aerial Surveillance and Oil Spill Impacts Based on Beached Bird Survey Data Collected in Southern British Columbia
P. D. O'hara, P. Davidson, and A. E. Burger
Symposium Paper: Ghosts of the Salish Sea: Threats to Marine Birds in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits from Derelict Fishing Gear
T. P. Good, J. A. June, M. A. Etnier, and G. Broadhurst
Function of Coloured Bill Tips, Stripes and Spots in Breeding Gulls
P. N. Ferns and V. H. Ross-smith
Short Communications
A Pelagic Seabird Survey of Arctic and Sub-arctic Canadian Waters during Fall
L. Mckinnon, H. G. Gilchrist, and D. Fifield