Fig. 5: Location of Bedout Island and other relevant sites mentioned in the text. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 5: Location of Bedout Island and other relevant sites mentioned in the text.

From: Cyclone Ilsa in April 2023 led to significant seabird mortality on Bedout Island

Fig. 5

Transects completed in June (n = 5; orange) and July 2023 (n = 10; purple). Vegetation is visible on the island’s surface as the base map image is from May 2021. Adele Island and the Lacepede Islands have breeding Masked Boobies, but this species is not found on the Rowley Shoals or Scott Reef which are primarily home to terns and tropicbirds. The island shapefile was provided by ESRI World Imagery with all data available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

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