HIPPIES assessed who eats whom around Heard Island.(Research)(Heard Island Predator-Prey Investigation and Ecosystem Study)

From: Ecos | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: Constable, Andrew; Gales, Nick | Copyright information

In the summer of 2003 the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) conducted an ambitious ecosystems study of the key predators that breed on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, their prey and the regional ocean environment. Called the 'Heard Island Predator-Prey Investigation and Ecosystem Study' or 'HIPPIES', the recently completed research provided an insight into the predatory food web in the region, giving important new baseline information for local fisheries management.

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