Diet of the southern giant petrel in Patagonia: Fishery-related items and natural prey

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-23

  Copello, Sofía ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^a,b   Pérez, Fabián ^a,c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Ecocentro   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic items; Diet; Discard use; Fisheries; Macronectes giganteus; Patagonia; Southern giant petrel

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; FISHERY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

ANIMALIA; AVES; CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PISCES; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 54349105144     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00118     Document Type: Article

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