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Body mass variation in Marbled Murrelets in British Columbia, Canada

2002· article· en· W2163590476 on OpenAlex
Cindy L. Hull, Brett A. Vanderkist, Lynn W. Lougheed, Gary W. Kaiser, Fred Cooke

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Bibliographic record

VenueIbis · 2002
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEnvironmental Science
TopicFish Ecology and Management Studies
Canadian institutionsSimon Fraser University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPredationMarbled meatFisherySeasonal breederBiologyZoologyAnimal scienceEcology

Abstract

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Body mass was measured in Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus from May to August, 1994–1998 at Desolation Sound, and during June and July 1997 at Mussel Inlet, British Columbia, Canada, to assess seasonal, sexual, site and intra‐annual variation. Birds were captured by mist‐net, and by night‐lighting, and were sexed using molecular techniques. The breeding status of females (gravid or not) in 1997 was determined from plasma levels of egg‐yolk precursors. Adult males weighed 203.7 ± 14.8 g, n = 495 (juveniles 166.6 ± 28.8 g, n = 31) and females weighed 201.2 ± 20.5 g, n = 344 (juveniles 148.3 ± 23.5 g, n = 20). Murrelets caught in mist‐nets were significantly lighter than those caught by night‐lighting. Female mass was constant across years of the study, but males caught by night‐lighting were heavier in 1998 than in 1997. Females declined in mass during the egg‐laying period, but when gravid females were removed from the analysis, or when the post‐laying data were analysed, no declines were found. Marbled Murrelets appear to maintain mass at a constant level all season, and are probably more income than capital breeders. Variation in body mass in this species may be constrained by the need to fly with speed and agility to avoid aerial predators.

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metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.146
Threshold uncertainty score0.994

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Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0070.000

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Opus teacher head0.004
GPT teacher head0.157
Teacher spread0.153 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it