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dc.contributor.advisor SAJAR en_ZA
dc.contributor.author Author en_ZA
dc.contributor.author Williams, A.J.
dc.contributor.author Berruti, A.
dc.coverage.spatial Antarctica en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial Marion Island
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-23T07:54:34Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-23T07:54:34Z
dc.date.created 1971 en_ZA
dc.date.created 1978
dc.date.issued 1971 en_ZA
dc.date.issued 1978
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7323
dc.description.abstract abstract en_ZA
dc.description.abstract More than three million individual adult seabirds belonging to six species, undergo their full annual moult on Marion Island. The estimated contribution to the island's ecosystem by their shed feathers is 428,7 t (dry weight). An area of 4 km2 receives 76 per cent of the feather mass. en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa) en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)
dc.description.statementofresponsibility Antarctic Legacy of South Africa en_ZA
dc.description.statementofresponsibility Antarctic Legacy Project
dc.language en_ZA en_ZA
dc.language en_ZA
dc.publisher South African Journal of Antarctic Research en_ZA
dc.publisher South African Journal of Antarctic Research Vol 8
dc.relation.ispartof Vol 4 en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright en_ZA
dc.rights Copyright
dc.subject Antarctica en_ZA
dc.subject Marion Island
dc.subject Ornithology
dc.subject Seabirds
dc.title Title en_ZA
dc.title Mineral and energy contributions of feathers moulted by penguins, gulls and cormorants to the Marion Island terrestrial ecosystem
dc.type Articles en_ZA
dc.type Articles
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iso19115.mdidentification.deliverypoint Antarctic Legacy of South Africa, Faculty of Science, Stellenbosch University. Private Bag X1, Matieland. Stellenbosch. South Africa. en_za
iso19115.mdidentification.electronicmailaddress antarcticlegacy@sun.ac.za en-za


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