Fisheries and daily activity cycles of Audouin's Larus audouinii and Yellow-legged Gulls L.cachinnans breeding at the Chafarinas Islands (Moroccan coast)

Vogelwarte

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 52-56

  González Solís, Jacob ^a,b   Ruiz, Xavier ^a   Jover, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity cycle; Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii; Purse seine fishery; Trawler fishery; Yellow legged Gull Larus cachinnans

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CYCLICITY; FISHERY DISCARD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; SEABIRD;

SPAIN;

LARUS AUDOUINII; LARUS CACHINNANS;

EID: 0033390086     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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