Distribution of seabirds in coastal waters off Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-213

  O'Driscoll, Richard L ^a   Renner, Martin ^a   Austin, Frank J ^b   Spencer, Hamish G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fronts; Nyctiphanes australis; Otago; Seabird foraging; Seabirds; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL WATERS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

CICONIIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; LARUS BULLERI; LARUS DOMINICANUS; LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; LARUS SCOPULINUS; NYCTIPHANES AUSTRALIS; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0032407214     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516820     Document Type: Article

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