
本手册涵盖了南极以及环南极大陆40ºS以南的大西洋、印度洋和太平洋的亚南极水域。多种海鸟分布广泛,尤其是在冬天,其中几种海鸟几乎遍布南大洋水域。本书全面且通俗易懂,可以指导缺乏专业训练的科学观察员进行海鸟种类鉴别。通过仔细阅读手册中的文字和图示提到的鉴别要点,观察员应该能够识别出南大洋被商业渔业尤其是延绳钓捕获得大多数海鸟种类。
Derek Onley moved from the UK to New Zealand in 1972 via Southampton, Swansea, Portugal, Cambridge and Oxford. He lived for many years on the West Coast as an ornithological hippie, and among other things he trapped possums, built a house or two and was active in native forest conservation. After 20 years of wet feet, he moved east to Waitati where he lives with his partner and...