Recoveries of juvenile Giant Petrels in regions of ocean productivity: Potential implications for population change

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Van Den Hoff, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eastern boundary current; Giant Petrel; Macronectes sp.; Population change; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895551703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES11-00083.1     Document Type: Article

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