Acoustic and stiffness properties of gillnets as they relate to small cetacean bycatch

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1324-1332

  Mooney, T Aran ^a   Au, Whitlow W L ^a   Nachtigall, Paul E ^a   Trippel, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Bycatch; Gillnet; Harbour porpoise; Net stiffness; Target strength

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BARIUM; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GADOID; GILLNET; PORPOISE; STIFFNESS; SULFATE;

CETACEA; GADUS MORHUA; LOPHIUS AMERICANUS; PHOCOENIDAE; TURSIOPS;

EID: 35948934785     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm135     Document Type: Article

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