Washington Project
Seabird ecology at Tetiaroa, French Polynesia
October 2018 - December 2025
Personnel
- Sarah Converse, Principal Investigator
- Beth , Co-Principal Investigator
- Amelia DuVall, Student / Post Doc
- Eve Hallock, Student / Post Doc
- Jayna DeVore, Staff
Participating Agencies
- Private Donor to University of Washington
- Private Donor to University of Washington
- Private Donors to University of Washington
The atoll of Tetiaroa, French Polynesia, is a critical nesting area for several species of seabirds in the South Pacific. Seabirds here and elsewhere around the globe face several threats - including introduced mammalian predators and changing ocean conditions. In collaboration with the Tetiaroa Society, we are working to understand the ecology of seabirds at Tetiaroa, with a focus on how seabirds will respond to eradication of rats from the atoll. This work will inform tropical seabird conservation worldwide.
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Hallock EM, SJ Converse, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and B Gardner. 2025. Effects of Rat Eradication on Daily Nest Survival Probabilities of Brown Boobies (Sula leucogaster) on a Tropical Atoll. Pacific Seabird Conference, San Jose, Costa Rica; 6-9 January 2025. | January 2025 |
| Hallock EM, B Gardner, JL DeVore, AJ DuVall, and SJ Converse. 2024. Vegetation Cover and Landscape Features Predict Breeding Seabird Space Use on a Pacific Atoll. Pacific Seabird Group Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, USA; 20-23 February 2024. | February 2024 |
| DuVall AJ, B Gardner, SB Bassing, PD Boersma, V Marcy, and SJ Converse. 2020. Modeling changes in seabird distribution and abundance following rat eradication at Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Seabird Group, Portland, Oregon. 12-15 February. | February 2020 |