Impacts of fisheries bycatch on loggerhead turtles worldwide inferred from reproductive value analyses

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1076-1085

  Wallace, Bryan P ^a,b   Heppell, Selina S ^c   Lewison, Rebecca L ^d   Kelez, Shaleyla ^a   Crowder, Larry B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries bycatch; Life history; Long lived vertebrates; Marine conservation; Matrix population models; Reproductive values; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; FISHING GEAR; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; PRIORITIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 46749148039     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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