Quantifying seabird bycatch: Where do we go from here?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-259

  Moore, Jeffrey E ^a   Zydelis R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 48649085847     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Note

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