Variation in standing stock of the mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari at South Georgia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 591-603

  Everson, Inigo ^a   Parkes, Graeme ^b   Kock, Karl Hermann ^c   Boyd, Ian L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE RESOURCES ASSESSMENT GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic; CCAMLR; Ecosystem management; Fur seal; Krill

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CHAIN;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; PERCID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; STANDING STOCK;

ANTARCTICA;

CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI;

EID: 0032881281     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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