Bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus, removing by-catch from prawn-trawl codends during fishing in New South Wales, Australia

Marine Fisheries Review

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Broadhurst, M K ^a,b  

^a NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; MARINE MAMMAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SCAVENGING; TRAWLING;

AUSTRALIA;

SILLAGO; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032293713     PISSN: 00901830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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