Seasonal sea turtle mortality risk from forced submergence in bottom trawls

Fisheries Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 86-88

  Sasso, Christopher R ^a   Epperly, Sheryan P ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Logistic regression; Mortality; Sea turtles; Trawl

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TRAWLING; MORTALITY RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBMERGENCE; TOWING; TURTLE;

CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33747153289     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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