Fine-scale behaviour of bottlenose dolphins around gillnets

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Read, Andrew J ^a   Waples, Danielle M ^a   Urian, Kim W ^b   Swanner, Dave ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c FV Endurance   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; By catch; Depredation; Entanglement; Gillnet

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; GILLNET;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CAMERA; DOLPHIN; FISHERY; FISHING; GILLNET FISHERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; SCOMBEROMORUS; SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0042030807     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0021     Document Type: Article

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