Seabird sensitivity mapping tool: project report [issue number 3]

Searle, K.R.; Mobbs, D.C.; Pollock, C.; Waggitt, J.J.; Evans, P.G.H.; Cleasby, I.; Wilson, L.; Daunt, F.; Butler, A.

Searle, K.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4624-9023; Mobbs, D.C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5842-2247; Pollock, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5859-9437; Waggitt, J.J.; Evans, P.G.H.; Cleasby, I.; Wilson, L.; Daunt, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4638-3388; Butler, A.. 2023 Seabird sensitivity mapping tool: project report [issue number 3]. ORJIP, 39pp.

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Abstract

This project builds upon the existing evidence base for seabird habitat use at sea to develop a fast, user-friendly tool to estimate the sensitivities of key seabird species to ORDs in all British Isles shelf seas. The tool produces estimates for the sensitivity and exposure of all at sea locations in UK waters for 13 seabird species (Atlantic puffin, Common guillemot, Razorbill, Black-legged kittiwake, European shag, European storm petrel, Great skua, Herring gull, Lesser black-backed gull, Northern gannet, Northern fulmar, Great black-backed gull and Red-throated diver) in both the breeding and non-breeding seasons, based on GPS tracking and at sea survey data.

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