Are Cape gannets dependent upon fishery waste? A multi-scale analysis using seabird GPS-tracking, hydro-acoustic surveys of pelagic fish and vessel monitoring systems

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 659-670

  Tew Kai, Emilie ^a,b   Benhamou, Simon ^a   van der Lingen, Carl D ^c,d   Coetzee, Janet C ^c   Pichegru, Lorien ^d   Ryan, Peter G ^d   Grémillet, David ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNES   (France)

^c Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries ^*  (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fisheries management; Junk food hypothesis; Pelagic fish; Purse seiner; Southern Benguela upwelling zone; Sub mesoscale; Trawler

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOMASS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GPS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE RESOURCE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PELAGIC FISH; POLLUTION POLICY; SEABIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACKING; TRAWLING; VESSEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AVES; MORUS (BIRD); MORUS CAPENSIS; SULIDAE;

EID: 84878206931     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12086     Document Type: Article

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