Estimates of sea turtle mortality from poaching and bycatch in Bahía Magdalena, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 327-334

  Koch, Volker ^a,f   Nichols, Wallace J ^b,c   Peckham, Hoyt ^b,d   De La Toba, Victor ^e  

^a Center for Coastal Studies   (Mexico)

^b Propeninsula   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Grupo Tortuguero de Las Californias   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Consumption bycatch mortality; Northwest Mexico; Poaching; Sea turtle fisheries

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; POACHING; TURTLE;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; ERETMOCHELYS IMBRICATA; LEPIDOCHELYS OLIVACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 29844443044     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.038     Document Type: Article

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