Evaluating the potential effectiveness of compensatory mitigation strategies for marine bycatch

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Finkelstein, Myra ^a   Bakker, Victoria ^a   Doak, Daniel F ^b   Sullivan, Ben ^c   Lewison, Rebecca ^d   Satterthwaite, William H ^e   McIntyre, Peter B ^f   Wolf, Shaye ^g   Priddel, David ^h   Arnold, Jennifer M ⁱ   Henry, Robert W ^a   Sievert, Paul ^j   Croxall, John ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g Center for Biological Diversity   (United States)

^h Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

ⁱ PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^k BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; REIMBURSEMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

EID: 49449086980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002480     Document Type: Article

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