Demographic parameters of black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophris from the Falkland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1221-1229

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b   Forcada, Jaume ^c   Almeida, Ana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Demography; New Island; Patagonian shelf; Red tide

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING GEAR; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; POPULATION DECLINE; RED TIDE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); PATAGONIAN SHELF;

ALGAE; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; THALASSARCHE;

EID: 79960464631     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-0984-3     Document Type: Article

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