Populations of Surface-nesting Seabirds at Marion Island, 1994/95–2002/03

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 427-440

  Crawford, R J M ^a   Cooper, J ^b   Dyer, B M ^a   Greyling, M D ^c   Klages, N T W ^d   Ryan, P G ^b   Petersen, S L ^b   Underhill, L G ^b   Upfold, L ^a   Wilkinson, W ^e   De Villiers, M S ^b   Du Plessis, S ^a   Du Toit, M ^a   Leshoro, T M ^f   Makhado, A B ^c   Mason, M S ^g   Merkle, D ^a   Tshingana, D ^a   Ward, V L ^h   Whittington, P A ^d  

^a MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e Robben Island Museum ^*  (South Africa)

^f Robben Island Museum   (South Africa)

^g STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Crozet shag; Giant petrels; Kelp gull; Marion island; Penguins; Population size; Subantarctic skua; Terns

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

APTENODYTES; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CHRYSOLOPHUS; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; LARUS; LARUS DOMINICANUS; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; PHOEBETRIA PALPEBRATA; PYGOSCELIS; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE; STERNA; STERNA VIRGATA; STERNA VITTATA;

EID: 0347214921     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504032     Document Type: Article

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