An updated model of the krill-predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem

• Main Author: Moosa, Naseera
• Other Authors: Künzi, Hans-Peter A, Butterworth, Doug S
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Cape Town 2017
• Subjects: Marine Resource Assessment and Management; Antarctic; Butterworth; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25490; https://open.uct.ac.za/bitstream/11427/25490/1/thesis_sci_2017_moosa_naseera.pdf

The objective of this thesis is to update the Mori-Butterworth (2006) model of the krill-predator dynamics of the Antarctic ecosystem. Their analysis aimed to determine whether predator-prey interactions alone could broadly explain the observed population trends of the species considered in their mo...