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Leslie Slater, a wildlife biologist for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has studied nine different sea bird species on the island over the past 14 years. She and other biologists and volunteers research the abundant birds.

Perennial monitoring of population trends, productivity patterns and diet samples may yield significant insights, Slater said. For example, when a seabird species begins to lay its eggs earlier and earlier over an extended period of time, it may be an indicator of climate change.

Juneau Empire Photographer Suzy Lafferty spent time on the island this summer to chronicle the wildlife and the research...