At-Sea Distribution and Prey Selection of Antarctic Petrels and Commercial Krill Fisheries.

Commercial fisheries may impact marine ecosystems and affect populations of predators like seabirds. In the Southern Ocean, there is an extensive fishery for Antarctic krill Euphausia superba that is projected to increase further. Comparing distribution and prey selection of fishing operations versu...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Descamps, Arnaud Tarroux, Yves Cherel, Karine Delord, Olaf Rune Godø, Akiko Kato, Bjørn A Krafft, Svein-Håkon Lorentsen, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Georg Skaret, Øystein Varpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4988635?pdf=render