Estimating the impact of interactions between bottlenose dolphins and artisanal fisheries around the Balearic Islands

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-127

  Brotons, José María ^a   Grau, Antonio María ^a   Rendell, Luke ^b  

^a Government of the Balearic Islands   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Bycatch; Fisheries interactions; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DOLPHIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISLAND; MORTALITY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MAMMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 39049085239     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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