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Duncan Wright, USFWS

Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony

The Ascension population has declined in numbers from several million in the middle of the last century, to just a few hundred thousand today. A team based in the University’s School of Biosciences believes the birds’ plight is closely linked to changes in populations of predatory fish such as tuna.

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