Palaeolimnology of antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella populations and implications for antarctic management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-154

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Johnston, N M ^a   Caulkett, A P ^a   Jones, V J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Antarctic fur seals; Arctocephalus gazella; Human impact; Palaeolimnology; Signy Island; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; POPULATION INCREASE; WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT;

ANTARCTIA, SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS, SIGNY ISLAND;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; GAZELLA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0032008289     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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