Dive-depth distribution of loggerhead (Carretta carretta) and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles in the central North Pacific: Might deep longline sets catch fewer turtles?

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Polovina, Jeffrey J ^a   Howell, Evan ^b   Parker, Denise M ^b   Balazs, George H ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; LONGLINING; TURTLE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0037240334     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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