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  <dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Status and Breeding of Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in Wales (1996-1997): The Effect of the Sea Empress Oil Spill</dc:title>
  <dc:type xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">dataset</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php?tpc=007_NRW_DS110099</dc:identifier>
  <dc:description xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">The Sea Empress Environmental Evaluation Committee (SEEEC) and the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) commissioned various studies of the effects of the oil spill on the wildlife of Pembrokeshire. This dataset contains the results of work carried out to investigate the effects of the spill on Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo. 

In 1996 the project aimed to carry out a survey of the numbers, distribution and breeding performance of cormorants breeding in Wales, including detailed case studies at colonies in the area contaminated by oil in south and west Pembrokeshire. Monitoring of numbers and breeding performance was continued in 1997 with detailed studies of breeding phenology and breeding success at two South Pembrokeshire colonies (St Margaret's Island and Green Scar).
 
Data was used to assess the numbers and distribution of Cormorants breeding in Wales; and to investigate the breeding performance of Cormorants in Wales, including detailed case studies at colonies in the area contaminated by oil in south and west Pembrokeshire.</dc:description>
  <dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">19971130</dc:date>
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