Seabird assemblages observed during the BROKE-West survey of the Antarctic coastline (30°E-80°E), January - March 2006

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 982-991

  Woehler, Eric J ^a,b   Raymond, Ben ^a,b   Boyle, Adrian ^b   Stafford, Andrew ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Biological oceanography; Biological surveys; Communities; Marine ecology; Seabirds; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MARINE ECOLOGY; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

MARINE BIOLOGY; SURVEYS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; COST; CRUSTACEAN; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION ROUTE; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 77951207584     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.041     Document Type: Article

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