McFarlane, Robert W.Proceedings: The State of the Bay Symposium IV. January 28-29, 19992010-02-152010-02-151999http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/25854pg. 251The 1973 to 1996 Texas colonial waterbird census data for laughing gull, least tern, Forster's tern, royal tern, Caspian tern, Sandwich tern, gull-billed tern, and black skimmer populations in Galveston Bay will be analyzed. The impact of nesting island loss will be evaluated.waterfowllaughing gullsleast ternforsters ternroyal ternsandwich ternblack skimmerspopulation characteristicshabitat lossgull-billed ternCaspian ternChapter