Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea visual capacities and potential reduction of bycatch by pelagic longline fisheries

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Crognale, Michael A ^a   Eckert, Scott A ^b   Levenson, David H ^c   Harms, Craig A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch reduction; Electroretinogram; Fisheries; Flicker; Leatherback; Photopigments; Spectral and temporal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TURTLE; FISHING GEAR; LONGLINING; LUMINESCENCE; PELAGIC FISHERY; VISION;

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

EID: 55449115903     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00112     Document Type: Article

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