Cape gannets in contrasting environments: ehaviour, demographics and indicators of environmental change

• Main Author: Ryklief, Rabiah
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2017
• Subjects: Endemic birds > South Africa Marine pollution > South Africa; Bird Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21167; https://corycommons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:29452

Marine communities represent biological networks, where physical and chemical changes in the marine environment can influence the physiology and behaviour of marine organisms. Stochastic marine conditions can alter key biological interactions and thus, influence the mechanisms that underpin populati...