. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 43. Figure 9. North Brother's thinning rim near the landing beach, facing approximately east. Shoreline shrubs are missing. 2005, only mature, fully fledged adults and eggs, meaning that there was a gap in the usual demographic pattern, as at that time of year many chicks and young would have been expected too. The western side of the island was still filled with burrows of shearwaters, many occupied. Middle Brother was packed with uncounted numbers of terns including young and fledglings, and although there w
. Atoll research bulletin. Coral reefs and islands; Marine biology; Marine sciences. 43. Figure 9. North Brother's thinning rim near the landing beach, facing approximately east. Shoreline shrubs are missing. 2005, only mature, fully fledged adults and eggs, meaning that there was a gap in the usual demographic pattern, as at that time of year many chicks and young would have been expected too. The western side of the island was still filled with burrows of shearwaters, many occupied. Middle Brother was packed with uncounted numbers of terns including young and fledglings, and although there was an indefinable change to the shoreline in the area where it is possible to land, this island appeared to be unaffected. The tiny Resurgent island obviously did not suffer a washover despite its small size and exposed location: it had retained its small but healthy colony of adult masked boobies, with young adults and chicks as well as eggs. South Brother had areas of its shoreline shrubs removed in its south-eastern end in manner similar to elsewhere. Nelson island was unaffected and remained packed with birds. In Salomon atoll, observations of all shores and a walk around lie Boddam showed substantial erosion of the seaward shores with 'steps' everywhere of 1-2 m high. Yacht-based visitors reported that several turtle nests on these shores had their eggs exposed, to be eaten by hermit crabs and, presumably, by the rats. Sand banks were shifted, and much sand was pumped into the lagoon. Sand shifts around these islands seasonally, and it appears that the result of the tsunami was an acceleration and exaggeration of this process. In Salomon there were no areas of stripped \ Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Press; National Research Council (U. S. ). Pacifi
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