Limited mid-water scavenging of trawl discards

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 731-734

  Erzini, Karim ^a   Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Araújo, Artur ^a   Castro, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISHERY DISCARD; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES;

EID: 0041761897     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007719h     Document Type: Article

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