Author:Masiko, Oyena BDate:2018Characterisation of the diet of pelagic feeders can be regarded as key to development of ecosystem-based management plans, conservation of predators as well as understanding of ecological and trophic interactions. Therefore, long term studies ...Read more
Author:Barham, P J; Underhill, L G; Crawford, R J M; Leshoro, T M; Bolton, D ADate:2008From 2001 to 2006, two new designs of flipper bands made from silicone rubbers were tested on African penguins Spheniscus demersus at 365 nests on Robben Island, South Africa. We compared, over six years, the breeding success, from hatching ...Read more
Author:Crawford, R J MDate:1979South Africa's Western Cape purse-seine fishery is situated off the country's western seaboard in the highly productive waters of the southern Benguela Current system (Cushing 1969). Management of the multi-species resource is the responsibility ...Read more
Author:Crawford, R J M; Makhado, A B; Upfold, L; Dyer, B MDate:2008For rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome at Marion Island, there were significant decreases over time in the numbers breeding and breeding success at three monitored colonies from 1985/1986 to 2006/2007, and in mass on arrival for breeding ...Read more