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Georgia Mergard

University of TasmaniaORCID 0000-0002-3121-8833Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Aleks TeraudsiD· 1 shared Andrea Maree PolanowskiiD· 1 shared Anna Lashko· 1 shared Barbara C. WieneckeiD· 1 shared Benjamin M. ViolaiD· 1 shared Clive R. McMahoniD· 1 shared François‐Xavier BriandiD· 1 shared Guy BaeleiD· 1 shared

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Mass mortality of southern elephant seals during multi-species outbreak of HPAI H5N1 on sub-Antarctic Heard Island

Julie C. McInnes, Tristan L. Burgess, Georgia Mergard, Melanie R. Wells, Clive R. McMahon, Matthew J. Neave, Andrea Maree Polanowski, Aleks Terauds, J Tornos, Mathilde Lejeune, François‐Xavier Briand, Guy Baele, Thierry Boulinier, Helen Achurch, Rachael L. Alderman, , Jarrod C. Hodgson

The paper reports a multi-species outbreak of HPAI H5N1 on Heard Island, causing mass mortality in southern elephant seals and other seabirds, with drones used for monitoring.

bioRxiv · Jun 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology