Population Trend of the World’s Monitored Seabirds, 1950-2010

Another paper providing a sobering estimate of population declines, this time in the world's seabirds, published on Plos One: http://www.plosone.org/article/comments/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129342

Three quick take-aways: 1) Seabirds are valuable indicators of marine ecosystem health; 2) Many populations of the world's seabirds are in decline; and 3) Seabirds in this region, with all its strong economies and research institutions,  are still among the most poorly-monitored in the world.