Influence of management practices and of scavenging seabirds on availability of fisheries discards to benthic scavengers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 350, Issue , 2007, Pages 235-244

  Furness, Robert W ^a   Edwards, Ann E ^b,c   Oro, Daniel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bering sea; Discards; Fisheries; Mediterranean; North sea; Offal; Scavenger; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FLATFISH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SCAVENGER; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; NORTH SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

INVERTEBRATA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 37849046885     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07191     Document Type: Article

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