Conservation organizations have most often focused on land‐use change, climate change,
and invasive species as prime threats to biodiversity conservation. Although air pollution is …

Acidification of surface waters is a high-profile environmental issue in Atlantic Canada.
Despite a reduction of emissions of acid-precursors (particularly SO2) by more than 50% in …

Bioaccumulation of toxic environmental mercury may affect the vital rates of piscivores such
as the common loon (Gavia immer). Although immediate effects of mercury on early …

Accurate estimates of breeding success are essential for understanding population
dynamics and for managing populations. Unfortunately, research activities to collect these …

Spatially-explicit ecosystem models are increasingly considered for informing fisheries
management. The inputs of these models that determine species distributions in the …

Biologists now use a variety of survey platforms to assess the spatial distribution and
abundance of marine birds, yet few attempts have been made to integrate data from multiple …

Fifteen indicator species with different lifestyles and behavioral patterns are used to examine
the health of the Gulf avifauna before the Deepwater Horizon accident. There are 395 bird …

Common loons (Gavia immer) are top predators that depend on lake food webs to
successfully fledge chicks. Common loon reproductive success is consequently recognized …

Understanding how risk factors affect populations across their annual cycle is a major
challenge for conserving migratory birds. For example, disease outbreaks may happen on …

We used recent developments in theoretical population ecology to construct basic models of
common loon (Gavia immer) demography and population dynamics. We parameterized …