Risk factors affecting the vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 974-989

  Rojas Bracho, Lorenzo ^a,b   Taylor, Barbara L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Inbreeding depression; Phocoena sinus; Pollution; Productivity; Risk factors; Vaquita

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; CONSERVATION STATUS; FISHING MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA SINUS; PHOCOENIDAE;

EID: 0032696456     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00873.x     Document Type: Article

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