Consideration of multispecies interactions in the Antarctic: A preliminary model of the minke whale - blue whale - krill interaction

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 245-259

  Mori, M ^a   Butterworth, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Blue whale; Krill; Minke whale; Multispecies model; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIA; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MUSCULUS; MYSTICETI;

EID: 9344248996     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320409504060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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