Do pingers reduce interactions between bottlenose dolphins and nets around the Balearic Islands?

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 301-308

  Brotons, José María ^a   Munilla, Zaida ^a   Grau, Antonio María ^a   Rendell, Luke ^b  

^a Government of the Balearic Islands   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balearics; Bottlenose dolphin; Bycatch; Gillnet; Pingers

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL FISHERY; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GILLNET; MODELING; CAUSE OF DEATH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 55449129606     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00104     Document Type: Article

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