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agriculture
Aila, William
Alaska
fishery management in
long-line fleet of
seabird protection and
Alaska Current
Alaska Fisherman’s Journal
Albacore Tuna
albatross(es). See also breeding; chicks; Amelia; Amelia’s chick; and specific species
adult mortality, natural
affect of seeing
anatomy of
bones of, used by Maoris
clock in brain of
Coleridge and metaphor of
contamination levels of
courtship and “dancing” of (see also albatross breeding; albatross chicks)
creatures encountered by
distances covered by
distinguishing feature of, vs. other tube-nosed birds
down of, used by humans
early descriptions of
eaten by Aleuts
evolution of
extreme attributes of
feathers and skin of
females, courtship and
fidelity of
fishing industry and
flight and
flight altitude of
flight speed of
food needs
food search methods
food shortages and
foraging ranges
future of
global warming and
as “gooney birds”
“honeymoon” of, at sea
human parallels with
human spread into islands of
killed by humans
landing by
lifespan of
male, aggressiveness of
Masonic and
Midway Atoll
name of
navigation by
nonbreeding adults
number of
number of, vs. hooks on long-lines
observed by Steller
pollution and
population decline of
preening habits of
protections for, enacted
range of
rats and
reproduction rate of
scientific study of travels of
shooting of, by Shelvock’s officer
sleeping in flight
smell, sense of
social relationships of
sturdiness of
symbolism of
tameness, of
taxonomy of
Tern Island
threatened species, number and proportion of
Tiger Sharks and
urban North America and
wings of
Albatross Island
Albatross Project
Albatross Resolution of 1996 (World Conservation Union)
Albatross (“winged boat”)
aldrin
Aleutian Islands
Alitak Bay
Allen, Brian
Amberjack
Amelia
appearance of
chick hatched
distance of foraging trips by
feeding chick
first departure of
flight of, as poetry
food search, to feed new chick
last visit of, to chick
maternity vs. hunger and
mental map of
named
on North Pacific Current
realm of
transmitter affixed to
travels
February 17 to 25
February 26 to March 14
March 16 to April 14
April 15 to 29
April 29 to May 13
May 13 to 27
May 28 to August 9
Amelia’s chick
early feeding and brooding of
fed by Dad
feeding of
first flight of
hatched
heat stress and
last visit from parents
no longer needs brooding
saved from storm
American Bird Conservancy
Amsterdam Albatross
anchovies
Anderson, Dr. David
Andromeda Galaxy
Antarctica
Antarctica Project
Antarctic Toothfish (“Chilean seabass”)
Antarctic waters
antibiotics
Antipodes Albatross
ants
aquaculture (seafood farming)
Arctic
Arctic Terns
Ashy Storm-Petrels
Atlantic Cod
Atlantic Halibut
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatrosses
atolls
Auckland Albatross
Auckland Shy Albatross
Audubon Society
Austin, Oliver, Jr.
Australia
breeding sites in
conservation and
illegal fishing and
long-line regulations by
bacteria
Bailey, Shaun
Baker, Jason
Bald Eagles
Baltic Sea, go
Banks, Joseph
Baron, Nancy
Barred Filefish
Bartle, Dr. Sandy
Beach Heliotrope
Beach Naupaka
Beagle (ship)
Becker, Brenda
beetles
Belted Wrasse
Bennet, Gordon
Bennett, G.
Bering, Vitus
Bering Island
Bering Sea
crab fishery
fishing regulation in
Bermuda
Bermuda grass
Bertilsson, Petra
Bigeye Tuna
bird lice
BirdLife International
“bird lines”
birds. See also songbirds; seabirds
eradicated by Polynesians
mating for life, and cheating by
threatened species of
Bird Wrasse
Black-browed Albatros
s
breeding sites of
chicks
longline fisheries and
number of
range of
Black-footed Albatross
appearance of
beach debris and
breeding habits of
chicks
contamination and
courtship dancing by
first flight of
food needs of
global warming and
group of
longline fishing and
losses able to be sustained by
number of
survival rate of chicks
Tern Island
use of oceans by and range of
Black-legged Kittiwakes
Black Noddies
nesting by
temperament of
Black Surgeonfishes
Blacktail Wrasse
Black Triggerfish
blowfly, parasitic
Bluefin Trevally (Omilu)
Bluefin Tuna
Blue Sharks
Bluespine unicornfish
Bluestripe Butterflyfish
Bolland, Ray
Bonin Islands
Bonin Petrels
Laysan Island and
Midway Atoll and
bonito
boobies
frigatebird and
misnamed
Bradley, Russ
Brahms Seamount
breeding. See also chicks; eggs; nesting; nests
areas of
birthplace and
contamination and
difficulty of
death and
delayed
divorce and
fishing boats and
food sources and
global warming and
habits
incubating, on nest
language and
military and sites of
number of pairs
number of sites
shared by males and females
social relations and
speciation and
survival rate of hatchlings
time for
weight loss during
years skipped, to molt
Bristle-thighed Curlews
British Columbia
Brown Noddy
nesting
Bryde’s Whales
Buhleier, Birget
Buller’s Albatross
distances traveled by
Bullethead Parrotfish
Bull Kelp
Bulwer’s Petrels
bunchgrass
burrow nesting
Butterflyfish
by-kill
as percent of world catch
Cachalot (whaler)
California
fisheries
longline fishing and
California Current
California Squid
Campbell, Roy
Campbell Island, New Zealand
Campbell Island Black-browed Albatross
Canadian fishing
Canadian Maritimes
canine distemper, go
Cape Horn
Caribbean Monk Seal
Carsten, Laura
Caspian Sea seals
Cassin’s Auklet
Cayman Island Green Turtle
Center for Biological Diversity
Chatham Albatross
Chatham Islands
chemical pollutants (toxic)
albatrosses and
humans affected by
morbillivirus mortalities and
in plastics eaten by seabirds
turtles and
chick(s). See also breeding; egg(s)
ability of, to survive fasting
adult behavior toward
“dancing” by
deaths of
dehydration and
down “harvested” from
East Island
feeding of
fish hooks swallowed by
flight by
global warming and
growth of
lead-poisoning of
Midway Atoll
newly-hatched
number of, in lifetime of one bird
plastic debris and
starvation of
storms and
Chile
“Chilean seabass” fishery
China
Chirikof Island
chlordane
Chopin Seamount
Christmas Shearwaters
Christmas Wrasses
chubs
ciguatera poisoning
“circle hooks”
climate. See also global warming albatrosses and extremes of
Coast Guard, U.S.
cod fishery
Cold War
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Coltrane, John
Columbus, Christopher
Columbus, Ferdinand
Commander Islands
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Common Murres
compass, of birds
inclination vs. polarity
magnetic and celestial
compassion
conservation groups
Convict Tangs
Cook, Capt. James
Cookiecutter Shark
cooperative hunting, by fish
coral reefs
Darwin point and
diving, off Midway
fish species
global warming and die-off of
islands and atolls protected by
snorkeling, off Laysan Island
Courtot, Brendan
Crabeater Seals
crabs
fishery
Craig, Mitch
Cretaceous period
deep volcanic seamounts and.
mass extinction in
“critter cam”
Cross-hatch Triggerfish
Croxall, John
Crozet Island
Cry of the Kalahari
Clenophore
cyanobacteria “blooms”
“Dad” (Amelia’s mate)
Dainty (ship)
Daito island group.
Dall’s Porpoises
Dampier, William
damselfish
Dark-rumped Petrel
Darwin, Charles
Darwin point
DDT
debris, beach. See also plastic debris
on Laysan Island
Debussy Seamount
Defenders of Wildlife
Defley, Mark
“derby days”
Desmond, Paul
diatoms
Dickey, Donald R.
Dickinson, Emily
dieldrin
die-offs
of coral reefs
of marine mammals
Dietrich, Aaron
Diomedea exulans. See Wandering Albatross
dioxins
diseases. Monk Seals and
diving petrels
dolphins
die-offs of
killed by drift nets
Donne, John
Donohue, Mary
Donut Hole
Dove Prion
Drake Passage
drifting organisms, at boundaries of masses of water
drift-nets. See also nets
banned
birds killed by
French Frigate Shoals and
on Laysan Island beaches
pollution by
Dungeness Crabs
Dutcher, William
Eagle Ray
eagles
Earth
human effect on
life-support limits of
magnetic field of, seen by birds
Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund
Easter Island
East Island
albatross chick survival rate
tracki
ng Tiger Shark off
eco-tourism
Ecuador
egg(s)
“candling”
chemical contamination and
hatching
laying and incubating
survival rate of chicks
taken by humans
Einstein, Albert
Elderhostel
Eliot, T. S.
Ellis, Richard
El Niño (Southern Oscillation)
Emperor Seamount chain
Endeavour (ship)
endocrine-mimicking chemicals
endrin
Endurance (ship)
Environmental Defense
EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon)
equator, navigation of birds and
Equinox (fishing vessel)
Eragrostis (grass)
Española, Isla
Europe
Europeans
in Hawaii
kill albatrosses
kill Monk Seals
lives of, saved by albatrosses
evolution
Ewing, John
Ewing, Valerie
Fairy Tern
survival rate of
Falkland Islands
breeding sites in
Faroe Islands
feathers
albatrosses killed for
molting, and breeding
seabirds killed for
Fernandez, Patty
fibropapilloma
field biologists, ambivalence of, about disturbing animals
fimbristylis (grass)
Finback (fishing vessel)
Fischer, Karen
fishery management. See also specific fisheries
Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) and
overfishing and
total catch quotas, (“derby days”)
unmanaged
well-managed, vs. farming
fishes
color of deep-sea
giant, study of
number of
plankton and
unwanted, killed by fishing industry
fishing, commercial. See also drift nets; gillnetting; hooks; longline fishery; and specific prey
agreement to stop, in Donut Hole
Alaskan
albatrosses endangered by
by-kill and
chemical lightsticks, on beaches
illegal
Midway Atoll and
modified to protect birds
Monk Seals endangered by
new regulations covering
