Bycatch of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) in gillnets in New Zealand waters 1979-1997

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-332

  Darby, John T ^a   Dawson, Stephen M ^b  

^a Otago Museum   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Fisheries; Mortality; Penguins

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BYCATCH; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; RARE SPECIES; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034005959     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00148-2     Document Type: Article

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