At sea movement of Macquarie Island giant petrels: Relationships with marine protected areas and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2942-2958

  Trebilco, Rowan ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^a   Baker, G Barry ^b   Terauds, Aleks ^a   Sumner, Michael D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Giant petrels; Macquarie Island; Macronectes; Marine protected areas; RFMOs; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLEDGING; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; PERCIFORM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; MACRONECTES; PROCELLARIIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS MACCOYII;

EID: 84954358170     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.027     Document Type: Article

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