Declines in reproductive output in two dolphin populations depleted by the yellowfin tuna purse-seine fishery

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 369, Issue , 2008, Pages 273-285

  Cramer, Katie L ^a   Perryman, Wayne L ^b   Gerrodette, Tim ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bycatch; Dolphin reproduction; El Ni o effects; Fishery effects; Stenella attenuata; Stenella longirostris; Tuna dolphin issue

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BYCATCH; DOLPHIN; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FISHERY; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

SCOMBRIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA ATTENUATA; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 56149102904     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07606     Document Type: Article

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