Incidental catch of dolphins in trawling fisheries off Patagonia, Argentina: Can populations persist?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 754-762

  Dans, Silvana L ^a,b   Koen Alonso, M ^a,c   Pedraza, S N ^a,b   Crespo, E A ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean, South; Bycatch; Dusky dolphins; Incidental; Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Monte Carlo sampling; Mortality; Patagonia; Populations; Rate of increase; Sustainability; Trawling fisheries; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAWLING;

ANCHOA; CORYPHAENIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LAGENORHYNCHUS; LAGENORHYNCHUS OBSCURUS;

EID: 0347622738     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0754:ICODIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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