Sperm whale depredation of sablefish longline gear in the northeast Pacific Ocean

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-27

  Sigler, Michael F ^a   Lunsford, Chris R ^a   Straley, Janice M ^b   Liddle, Joseph B ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

Depredation; Longline fishery; Physeter macrocephalus; Sablefish; Sperm whale

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING GEAR; LONGLINING; PERCIFORM; PREDATION; WHALE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ANOPLOPOMATIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHYSETER CATODON; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 39049146549     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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