Satellite telemetry suggests high levels of fishing-induced mortality in marine turtles

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 262, Issue , 2003, Pages 305-309

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a   Luschi, Paolo ^b   Nichols, Wallace J ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Argos; Chelonia; Dermochelys; Fishery bycatch; Global

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0345531047     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps262305     Document Type: Article

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