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Title:

The Cape fur seal: monitoring and management in the Benguela Current ecosystem

Author(s):
Kirkman SP
Publication Year:
2010
Abstract:

At the root of this thesis was the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Programme's project "Top Predators as Biological Indicators of Ecosystem Change in the BCLME" (LMR/EAF/03/02). The objectives of this project were to assess the utility of top predators as biological indicators of ecosystem change in the Benguela Current Ecosystem, and implement an appropriate, integrated, system-wide monitoring programme based on top predators, to support ecosystem-based management in the Benguela Current Ecosystem.

Place:
University of Cape Town
Type:
PhD Thesis
Item Type:
Thesis
Language:
en
Keywords:
Atlantic Ocean, Benguela Current, biological indicator, coast, coastal ecosystem, coastal environment, environmental change, marine mammal, monitoring data, monitoring system, monitoring technique, predator, research
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