Acronym:MISTIC-SEAS II/Aves Marinhas
Cost Center:702
Title:MISTIC-SEAS II/Seabirds
Start-End:17-08-2017 - 17-05-2019
Beneficiary Entity:Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso
Gestores da FGF: Bruno Machado, Fábio Sousa
Responsible Researcher:João Manuel dos Anjos Gonçalves
R&D Units:OKEANOS - Instituto de Investigação em Ciências do Mar
Total Financing:4.990,00
Outras Fontes de Financiamento:4.990,00 (100.0 %)
Service Provision Description:

This project involves monitoring several colonies of seabirds in the Azores during the breeding season, to record the abundance, breeding success and reproductive rate of these species (Shearwater: Calonectris borealis, Frulho: Puffinus lherminieri, Painho-da-Madeira: Hydrobates castro, Painho-de-Monteiro: Hydrobates monteiroi, Black soul: Bulweria bulwerii).

Field work will be carried out in the following colonies: Pico (Mistério da prainha, Monte), Santa Maria (Ilhéu da Vila), Graciosa (Islet of Praia). In addition to fieldwork, this service provision involves participation in workshops, scientific dissemination events and team meetings for data analysis, promoted by the FRCT.