Population trends of albatrosses and petrels at sub-Antarctic Marion Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-89

  Nel, Deon C ^a,c   Ryan, Peter G ^a   Crawford, Robert J M ^b   Cooper, John ^a   Huyser, Onno A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LONGLINING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; TREND ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND;

AVES; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DISSOSTICHUS ELEGINOIDES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTALIS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THALASSARCHE CHRYSOSTOMA; THUNNUS;

EID: 0036928014     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000100315     Document Type: Article

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