Thomas Leicester

McGill University
Candidat B.Sc.

superviseur(e): Kyle Elliott
Début: 2020-09-02
Fin: 2021-04-30

Projet

Sea Surface Temperatures Influencing Growth Rates in Black Guillemot Chicks
Dive logs for adult Black Guillemots are analyzed and compared to known sea surface temperatures (SST) to see how fluctuations in SST may affect dives and hence the success of provisioning Black Guillemots when feeding their young.

Mots-clés

Black Guillemot, climate change, Sea ice, Sea surface temperature, Chick mortality, Arctic