A risk assessment for Pacific leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1710-1719

  Kaplan, Isaac C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LONGLINING; POPULATION MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 27744450611     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-121     Document Type: Article

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