Interactions between leatherback turtles and Peruvian artisanal fisheries

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 129-134

  Alfaro Shigueto, Joanna ^a   Dutton, Peter H ^b   Van Bressem, Marie Françoise ^c   Mangel, Jeffrey ^a  

^a Octavio Bernal ^*  (Peru)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Museo de Delfines   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELONIIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; DERMOCHELYIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34250701723     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/1071-8443(2007)6[129:IBLTAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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