Entanglement of pinnipeds at Marion Island, southern Ocean: 1991-2001

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 141-146

  Hofmeyr, Greg ^a   De Maine, Michael ^a   Bester, Marthán ^a   Kirkman, Steve ^a   Pistorius, Pierre ^a   Makhado, Azwianewi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazella; Arctocephalus tropicalis; Dissostichus eleginoides; Entanglement; Longline fishing; Marion Island; Mirounga leonina; Mortality; Pinnipeds; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008649295     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM02141     Document Type: Review

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