Passive fishing techniques: A cause of turtle mortality in the Mississippi river

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1145-1150

  Barko, Valerie A ^a   Briggler, Jeffrey T ^a   Ostendorf, David E ^a  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Commercial fishing; Conservation; Large river; LTRMP; Mississippi River; Mortality; Trap net; Turtle

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISHING; MORTALITY; TURTLE;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DERMATEMYDIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 12144279464     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1145:PFTACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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