Pros and cons of using seabirds as ecological indicators

Climate Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-129

  Durant, J M ^a   Hjermann, D O ^a   Frederiksen, M ^b   Charrassin, J B ^c   Le Maho, Y ^d   Sabarros, P S ^a   Crawford, R J M ^e,f   Stenseth, N Chr ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^e MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecosystem based management; Food chain; Oceanography; Statistics; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; ECOSYSTEM BASED MANAGEMENT; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL CONSEQUENCES; TELEMETRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; TIME SERIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; OVERFISHING; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 68849122254     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00798     Document Type: Article

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