Pingers as deterrents of bottlenose dolphins interacting with trammel nets

Fisheries Research

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-75

  Gazo, Manel ^a   Gonzalvo, Joan ^a   Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Fisheries; Fishing interaction; Pingers; Trammel nets

Indexed keywords

MULLIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 44649126260     PISSN: 01657836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fishres.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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