Oh, not those jet-ski things again!
Nesting terns appear to be disturbed more by personal watercraft than by motorboats.
References:
Burger, J. 1998. Effects of motorboats and personal watercraft on flight behavior over a colony of common terns. Condor 100(August):528.
Sources:
Joanna Burger
Rutgers University
Nelson Biological Laboratories
604 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8082
E-mail: burger@biology.rutgers.edu
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