Estimating sustainable bycatch rates for California sea lion populations in the Gulf of California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-710

  Underwood, Jared G ^a   Hernandez Camacho, Claudia J ^a,b   Aurioles Gamboa, David ^b   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bycatch; California sea lion; Fisheries; Gill net entanglement; Gulf of California; Population viability; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; BYCATCH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISHING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEAL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEA LIONS;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 44949119473     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00919.x     Document Type: Article

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