Behavioral responses of juvenile leatherbacks Dermochelys coriacea to lights used in the longline fishery

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 239-247

  Gless, Jodie M ^a   Salmon, Michael ^a   Wyneken, Jeanette ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Caretta caretta; Dermochelys coriacea; Fishery lights; Longlines; Orientation; Sea turtle

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BYCATCH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; LIGHT EFFECT; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONGLINING; TURTLE;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 55349087589     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00082     Document Type: Review

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