The take of fish species by seabirds and marine mammals in the Australian Fisheries Zone around Heard Island: The potential for competition with a commercial fishery

Polar Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-280

  Green, K ^a,b   Slip, D J ^a   Moore, G J ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b NPWS   (Australia)

^c NPWS Northern Zone   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FISHERY; MARINE MAMMAL; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN;

CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES; KREFFTICHTHYS ANDERSSONI; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 0031696184     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050303     Document Type: Article

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