9 
Linear Density (Rounded off) 
Soecies 
Lines 
Phoenix 
Fi.]i 
Scoty/Slender-bill Shearwater 
0.2 (-) 
0.0 (+) 
0.0 (+ 
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 
0.2 
0.1 
0.5 
Christmas Shearwater 
.020 
. 0.0 
0.0 
Audubon Shearwater 
0.0 
.008 
0.003 
Phoenix/lahiti Petrel 
,0h0 
.004 
0.0(+) 
Pterodroma sp. 
.010 
0.0 
.003 
Bulwer Petrel . 
.060 
0.0 
0.0 
Storm Petrel 
.030 
0 
'LPv 
O 
• 
.003 
White-tailed Tropicbird 
• .010 
0.0 
. .021 
Bed-tailed Tropicbird 
.010 
.010 
.003 
Blue-faced Booby 
.050 
.4 
0.0 
Brown Booby 
.030 
.004 
.006 
Bed-footed Booby 
2.6 
0.1 
0.5 
Frigatebird 
.020 
.1 
.1 
Gray-backed Tern . 
0.0 
0 
0 
• 
Brown-winged Tern 
0.0 
• 0.0 
.05 ( 
Sooty Tern 
4.8 
2.6 
.01 
Crested Tern 
0.0 
0.0 
.03 
Blue-gray Noddy 
.020 
.060 
0.0 
Cordon Noddy 
.3 • 
.2 
.1 ( + 
White Capped Noddy 
.05 (+) 
.3 
1.0 
White Tern 
2.4 
.01 
.2 
# Days or part days 
'' 4 
4 
4 
# Miles of Obs. 
194 
243 
326 
Overall Linear Density 
11.3 
4.0 
3.2 
(+) Indicates that the computed figure might be misleadingly 
low for some reason. 
(-) Indicates the computed figure might be misleadingly high 
for some reason. 
1. Line Islands - Interisland Section 
Species occurring in all three sections: 
Sooty/Slender-billed Shearwater 
Christmas Shearwater 
Bulwer Petrel 
Pterodroma sp. (Also seen in Fiji Section) 
White-tailed Tropicbird (Also seen in Fiji Section) 
Blue-faced Booby (Also seen in Phoenix Section) 
Blue-gray Roddy (Also seen in Phoenix Section) 
Species with highest interisland linear density occurring in Line 
Island section: 
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