Counts of Surface-nesting Seabirds Breeding at Prince Edward Island, Summer 2001/02

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 441-451

  Ryan, P G ^a   Cooper, J ^a   Dyer, B M ^b   Underhill, L G ^a   Crawford, R J M ^b   Bester, M N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Giant petrels; Gull; Penguins; Prince edward island; Seabirds; Shag; Skuas; Subantarctic; Terns

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS]; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CHRYSOLOPHUS; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; EUDYPTES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; LARIDAE; MACRONECTES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PHOCIDAE; PHOEBETRIA; PHOEBETRIA PALPEBRATA; SPHENISCIDAE; STERNA; STERNA VIRGATA;

EID: 0347844978     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504033     Document Type: Article

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