Harbor porpoise and fisheries: An uncertainty analysis of incidental mortality

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1226-1238

  Caswell, Hal ^a   Brault, Solange ^b   Read, Andrew J ^c   Smith, Tim D ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Harbor porpoise; Incidental mortality; Marine Mammal Protection Act; Matrix population models; Monte Carlo methods; Phocoena phocoena; Population growth rate; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

FISHING MORTALITY; LIFE TABLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORPOISE;

(NORTHWEST); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PHOCOENA PHOCOENA;

EID: 0031792392     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[1226:HPAFAU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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