TY - JOUR AU - Garrett, Lucy J. H. AU - Dawson, Deborah A. AU - Horsburgh, Gavin J. AU - Reynolds, S. James PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/20 TI - A multiplex marker set for microsatellite typing and sexing of sooty terns Onychoprion fuscatus JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 756 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Seabirds have suffered dramatic population declines in recent decades with one such species being the sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus. An urgent call to re-assess their conservation status has been made given that some populations, such as the one on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, have declined by over 80% in three generations. Little is known about their population genetics, which would aid conservation management through understanding ecological processes and vulnerability to environmental change. We developed a multiplex microsatellite marker set for sooty terns including sex-typing markers to assist population genetics studies. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-3084-9 DO - 10.1186/s13104-017-3084-9 ID - Garrett2017 ER -