A citizen scientist’s survey provides insights into the movements of Atlantic and Gulf states’ populations of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger)

Brett R. Moyer

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347650

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A citizen scientist’s survey provides insights into the movements of Atlantic and Gulf states’ populations of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger)

Brett R. Moyer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: moyerbiology@yahoo.com, moyerb@bolles.org

Affiliation Science Department, The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8896-3790

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A citizen scientist’s survey provides insights into the movements of Atlantic and Gulf states’ populations of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger)

Brett R. Moyer

Published: May 6, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0347650

About the Authors

Brett R. Moyer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: moyerbiology@yahoo.com, moyerb@bolles.org

Affiliation Science Department, The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8896-3790

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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