Seals at sea: modelling seal distribution in the German bight based on aerial survey data

The Wadden Sea is an important habitat for harbour seals and grey seals. They regularly haul-out on sandbanks and islands along the coast. Comparably little is known about the time seals spend at sea and how they use the remainder of the North Sea. Yet, human activity in offshore waters is increasing and information on seal distribution in the North Sea is crucial for conservation and management. Aerial line transect surveys were conducted in the German bight from 2002 to 2007 to investigate the distribution and abundance of marine mammals. Distance sampling methodology was combined with density surface modelling for a spatially explicit analysis of seal distribution in the German North Sea. Depth and distance to coast were found to be relevant predictor variables for seal density. Density surface modelling allowed for a depiction of seal distribution in the study area as well as an abundance estimate. This is the first study to use aerial survey data to develop a density surface model (DSM) for a spatially explicit distribution estimate of seals at se

Slavery in East Florida

This article is in continuation of Slavery and White Servitude in East Florida, 1726-1776, which appeared in the QUARTERLY, July, 1931

Some Church History of St. Augustine During the Spanish Regime

When the Spaniards evacuated St. Augustine in 1763 and 1764 they took with them to Havana all the altars, images, vestments, canopies, cushions, bells, and even the wax tapers of their churches, religious brotherhoods, and the Franciscan convent. All this sacred paraphernalia was in charge of the warden of the parish church, Simon de Hita, and was transported to its destination in the schooner Our Lady of Light, which cast anchor in the harbor of Havana about February 1, 176

The Early Sugar Industry in Florida

During the score of years of British occupation little sugar was produced in Florida. The cultivation of sugar-cane was tried only experimentally and was practically limited to small plots of land on the plantations of Lieutenant Governor John Moultrie and Richard Oswald, Esq. In 1776 only one hogshead of sugar and another of molasses were exported, although the number of barrels, casks, and puncheons of rum shipped totaled seventy-eight

The Exodus of the Loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy

Contents: The loss of old Fort Pownall by the Americans -- The departure of Colonel Thomas Goldthwait -- The project establishing a new military post on the Penobscot -- Knox\u27s plan for a loyalist province between the Penobscot and the St. Croix -- John Nutting and the British expedition to establish the post -- The unsuccessful siege of the new post by the Americans -- The behavior of the local inhabitants during the siege -- Removal of American refugees to the post -- The missions of John Nutting and Dr. John Caleff to England -- The constitution proposed for the loyalist province -- The plan to settle the Penobscot country with loyalists from New York -- The growth of the refugee population at Penobscot -- Refusal of the Americans to give up the Penobscot country at the peace -- Removal of the loyalists from Penobscot to Passamaquoddy -- Surveyor General Robert Morse at Passamaquoddy -- Contention between Massachusetts and the loyalists over the Passamaquoddy region -- The loyalist settlement on St. Andrews Point, and its activities -- The town plot and grantees of St. Andrews -- Church and school at St. Andrews -- Extent of the grants at Passamaquoddy to the Penobscot Associated Loyalists; the settlements founded -- St. George\u27s Town -- Settlements formed by loyalists from localities other than Penobscot -- The town of St. Stephen -- Settlements on the Digdeguash in the Parish of St. Patrick -- Settlements on the lower Magaguadavic and the L\u27Etang -- The settlement of the Royal Fencible Americans on the west side of the lower Magaguadavic -- The settlement of Pennsylvania Quakers at Pennfield -- The occupation of the small harbors east of Pennfield -- The settlement of the Cape Ann Association in the Parish of St. David -- The loyalist settlers on the Island of Grand Manan -- The loyalist settlers on the Island of Campobello -- The loyalist occupants and settlers of Deer Island -- Loyalist settlers on the smaller islands -- The census of 1784; occupations of the settlers -- Increase of the population to 1803 -- Creation of the district court and the townships at Passamaquoddy -- The boundary dispute -- The boundary commission and its decision -- Contention over the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay -- The island commission and its verdic

ASSESSING THE ECONOMICS OF FOOD SAFETY ACTIVITIES: STUDIES OF BEEF SLAUGHTER AND MEAT PROCESSING

Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,