False killer whale (pseudorca crassidens) echolocation and acoustic disruption: Implications for longline bycatch and depredation

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 726-733

  Mooney, T A ^b   Pacini, A F ^a   Nachtigall, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; ECHOLOCATION; LONGLINING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDATION; WHALE;

CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA; PSEUDORCA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS;

EID: 68949136863     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-061     Document Type: Article

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