Mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari in the diet of upper trophic level predators at South Georgia: Implications for fisheries management

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 305, Issue , 2005, Pages 153-161

  Reid, Keith ^a   Hill, Simeon L ^a   Diniz, Tania C D ^a   Collins, Martin A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Arctocephalus gazella; Champsocephalus gunnari; Ecosystem interactions; Gentoo penguins; Mackerel icefish; Pygoscelis papua; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISHERY; LENGTH-FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH GEORGIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; CHAMPSOCEPHALUS GUNNARI; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS PAPUA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 31844431943     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps305153     Document Type: Article

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