Tropical cyclones alter short-term activity patterns of a coastal seabird

Table 1 Summary of meteorological data for each cyclonic event in the South Atlantic Bight from 2017 to 2018 with the number of pelican locations recorded during each study period (temporal range of ‘baseline’ conditions, defined in-text)

Cyclone	BP Monthly Mean (kPa)	BP Minimum (kPa)	WV Monthly Mean (km/h)	WV Maximum (km/h)	Study Period	Locations (n)
Irma	101.25 ± 0.43^a	99.59^a	10.4 ± 10.9^a	61.2^a	6–24 Sept. 2017	2901
Florence	101.56 ± 0.49^b	100.17^b	10.2 ± 7.2^b	33.8^b	9–18 Sept. 2018	1323
Michael	101.63 ± 0.58^c	99.80^c	11.3 ± 8.4^b	49.9^b	1–20 Oct. 2018	2124

BP = barometric pressure, WV = wind velocity. Letters within each column indicate significant differences between study periods based on Wilcoxon rank sum test

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