Modelling the effect of fishing on southern Buller's albatross using a 60-year dataset

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-17

  Francis, R I C ^a   Sagar, P M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New zealand; Seabird population modelling; Seabird fishery interactions; Southern buller's albatross; Thalassarche bulleri bulleri

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BYCATCH; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHING EFFORT; FISHING MORTALITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; VIABILITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

THALASSARCHE BULLERI BULLERI;

EID: 84859577763     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.600766     Document Type: Article

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