Seabird mortality at trawler warp cables and a proposed mitigation measure: A case of study in Golfo San Jorge, Patagonia, Argentina

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-116

  González Zevallos, Diego ^a   Yorio, Pablo ^a,b   Caille, Guillermo ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Fundacion Patagonia Natural   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hake trawlers; Mitigation measures; Mortality; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FISHING GEAR; GADOID; MORTALITY; SEABIRD; TRAWLING;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAN JORGE GULF; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; LARUS DOMINICANUS; MERLUCCIUS HUBBSI; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 33846618738     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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