Behavioral reactions of free-ranging harbor porpoises Phocoena phocoena encountering standard nylon and BaSO4 mesh gillnets and warning sound

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 313, Issue , 2006, Pages 285-294

  Koschinski, Sven ^a   Culik, Boris M ^a   Trippel, Edward A ^b   Ginzkey, L ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barium sulfate; By catch mitigation; Harbor porpoise; Phocoena phocoena; Reflective gillnet

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CETACEAN; GILLNET; HARBOR; TRANSMITTANCE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 33745606196     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps313285     Document Type: Article

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