Modelling predation by transient leopard seals for an ecosystem-based management of Southern Ocean fisheries

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1513-1521

  Forcada, Jaume ^a   Malone, Donald ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^b   Staniland, Iain J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergetics; Data augmentation; Dispersal; Food consumption; Hydrurga leptonyx; Mark recapture; MCMC; Prey choice; State space model; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DATA AUGMENTATION; DISPERSAL; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MARK-RECAPTURE; MCMC; PREY CHOICE; STATE-SPACE MODEL; SUB-ANTARCTIC;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; FISHERIES; FOOD SUPPLY; MAMMALS; NUTRITION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; DIET; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SUSTAINABILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 65149098909     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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