List of seabirds used in BH1 breeding and wintering abundance counts analysis, along with their details

species

Format

A tibble with 99 rows and 7 variables

aphia_id

AphiaID of species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

scientific_name

Species scientific name, listed in Annex 2 CEMP guidelines 20220228

common_name

Species common name, listed in Annex 2 CEMP guidelines 20220228

eggs

Number of eggs laid in breeding season

functional_group

One of five seeding groups assigned to species

  • Benthic Feeder

  • Grazing Feeder

  • Surface Feeder

  • Wading Feeder

  • Water Column Feeder

required_count_unit

Whether individuals or pairs are required to be counted for the species

conversion

Method used to convert counts to required counting unit

Details

The following changes were made to the common names to allow them to be used in the analysis

  • Apostrophe removed in Bewick's swan

  • Apostrophe removed in Cory's shearwater

  • Apostrophe removed in Leach's storm-petrel

  • Apostrophe removed in Steller's eider

  • Unicode character and apostrophe removed in Brünnich's guillemot