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Table 2 The animals interacting with PBRs in Moss Landing harbor, the nature of the interaction (passive or proactive), the number of interactions, and the duration of the interactions (minutes)

From: Interactions of marine mammals and birds with offshore membrane enclosures for growing algae (OMEGA)

Interaction

Duration

Identity/feeding group

Passive

Proactive

Total

Mean ± SE

Max

Mammals

Invertebrate divers

     

 Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

31

63

94

3.1 ± 0.6

44

Piscivorous cephalopod divers

     

 California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)

0

1

1

-

1

Birds

Omnivorous surface feeders

 American coot (Fulica americana)

426

175

601

3.9 ± 0.3

127

 Unidentified gull

303

126

429

7.1 ± 0.9

137

 Western gull (Larus occidentalis)

145

47

192

5.6 ± 1.2

170

 Unidentified duck

13

8

21

1.7 ± 0.1

4

 Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

0

3

3

-

-

Carnivorous diving/wading feeders

 Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

3

1

4

1.5 ± 0.5

2

 Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

2

0

2

-

11

 Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

0

1

1

-

1

 Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)

2

0

2

6.0 ± 4.0

10

 Unidentified cormorant

0

2

2

1

1

Unidentified birds

59

34

93

13.0 ± 3.1

190