Assessment of the seabird community of the Mozambique Channel and its potential use as an indicator of tuna abundance

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 421-428

  Le Corre, Matthieu ^a   Jaquemet, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

Author keywords

Catch per unit effort (CPUE); Indian Ocean; Madagascar; Mozambique Channel; Sooty tern; Sterna fuscata; Tropical seabird; Tuna fishery

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; SEABIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; TUNA FISHERY;

INDIAN OCEAN; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 17844393873     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.11.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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