Decadal-scale seabird assemblages in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 251, Issue , 2003, Pages 299-310

  Woehler, Eric J ^a   Raymond, Ben ^a   Watts, David J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Antarctica; Community dynamics; Penguins; Petrels; Seabird assemblages; Seabirds at sea; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0038671663     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps251299     Document Type: Article

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