50 jaar vogelstrandingen aan de Belgische kust

This report describes the results of 50 years of beached bird surveys along the Flemish coast. The surveys are performed by volunteers and are carried on since February 1962.The surveys are primarily organized to evaluate the anthropogenic pressures on the marine ecosystem and to gain insight into the diet and mortality factors of seabirds at the Belgian part of the North Sea. The oil-rate of Common Guillemot, for example, is an indicator for the pollution of the marine environment with oil. One of the ecological indicators used by OSPAR states that a good environmental status is only reached... Mehr ...