Population status and threats to flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) in South and Western Australia

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316-327

  Lavers, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

apex marine predator; cumulative mortality; Flesh footed Shearwater; indicator species; Puffinus carneipes

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; FOOD WEB; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS CARNEIPES;

EID: 84922574453     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu164     Document Type: Review

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